How do I enable spell check in Safari 5.1.3?

Right clicking and going through through the grammar and spelling options, no combination seems to give me what I had in 10.6.8... namely a red underline underneath mispelled words and the ability to ignore that or right click it for suggestions and other options.  Does this functionality still exist in Safari?  It does in Mail, but I can't spell check anything I type in a forum with Safari like I used to.
Thanks!
Safari 5.1.3 and OS 10.7.3

Not having your system software up to date may be part of the problem. 
And could be Safari prefs are corrupted.
Quit Safari.
Go to   ~/Library/Preferences
Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Desktop.
Relaunch Safari to test.
If that didn't help, move the .plist file back to the Preferences folder.
edited by:  cs

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