Allow me to assiss. There are two very good plug-ins for MS IE 5+. I use "ieSpell" to spell check my posts and responses prior to preview. I also keep the Merriam Webster Dictionary on the toolbar of IE. It's web-based, fast and comes with Thesaurus and Grammar.
Actually, I think too many of us have been spending too much time lurking at DUmmies dot com(munists) and have picked up on their bad habits of shooting off their tiny minds as fast as their crooked little fingers can type. They're really amazing over there