A horror story related to spell check could be in the field of academic publishing. An author submitted a research paper. Spell check seemed to give the all - clear. But there were some technical terms misspelled in a way that was not detected. The reviewers then rejected the paper because they thought the author was not professional or careful enough. Similarly, for a small business's brochure, misspelled product names due to spell check's oversight made the brochure look unprofessional and led to a decrease in potential customers.