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Lies MSWord's grammer chekker told me . . .
« Reply #25 on: January 28, 2010, 06:14:33 AM »
Granted this was microsoft works, but it just turned a misspelling of happening into Japaning.  When was Japaning a word?  
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« Reply #26 on: January 28, 2010, 07:21:49 AM »
You sure that's not "japanning"? It's a specific form of lacquering.
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« Reply #27 on: January 28, 2010, 11:44:21 AM »
Ah, so like the times it has put Manger as the most likely word someone would want in a business document.
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« Reply #28 on: January 28, 2010, 11:45:58 AM »
:lol:  
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« Reply #29 on: May 12, 2010, 10:08:26 AM »
It's resume time again...
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« Reply #30 on: May 12, 2010, 04:33:11 PM »
I think that's what Stalin's resume said at least.
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Lies MSWord's grammer chekker told me . . .
« Reply #31 on: May 12, 2010, 05:06:58 PM »
Probably not Stalin. Maybe Mussolini, though.
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« Reply #32 on: July 25, 2010, 01:25:11 PM »
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Re: Lies MSWord's grammer chekker told me . . .
« Reply #33 on: June 21, 2011, 12:30:48 PM »
Word wants to correct "it was all of the devil" to "it was the entire devil". Even if Word could parse the sentence correctly, I have to wonder who programmed in such a stupid usage suggestion.
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Re: Lies MSWord's grammer chekker told me . . .
« Reply #34 on: June 21, 2011, 12:47:33 PM »
A partial devil?
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Re: Lies MSWord's grammer chekker told me . . .
« Reply #35 on: June 21, 2011, 01:29:07 PM »
Indubitably.
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