Author Topic: Lies MSWord's grammer chekker told me . . . (Read 5878 times)

Icarus · « **on:** December 06, 2005, 10:53:17 PM »

"Neither do I" should be "Neither do me." I can only assume it means something sexual.

Your favorite examples?

Jonathon · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2005, 09:23:55 AM »

It's been so long since I've bothered to use Word's "grammar checker" that I've forgotten any funny corrections it's suggested.

Mr. Anderson · « **Reply #2 on:** December 07, 2005, 11:07:12 AM »

Did you use the spell chekker, too?

Noemon · « **Reply #3 on:** December 07, 2005, 08:52:29 PM »

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It's been so long since I've bothered to use Word's "grammar checker" that I've forgotten any funny corrections it's suggested.

So then you could put up a little plaque outside your cubicle at work that says "Office of the Exchequer".

Yeah, it's stupid, I know. They can't *all* be funny.

AFR · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2005, 10:42:06 PM »

Word checks grammar?!

Something else I've always wondered: what do all those green squiggly lines mean?

sarcasticmuppet · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2005, 11:12:02 PM »

they mean "Ignore me!"

Brinestone · « **Reply #6 on:** December 13, 2005, 08:26:08 AM »

They mean Word wants you to feel you are doing well.

Mr. Anderson · « **Reply #7 on:** December 13, 2005, 09:08:17 AM »

Word should keep score. Like, give you a trophy in the top right corner of the screen for each green squiggly.

pooka · « **Reply #8 on:** December 13, 2005, 09:14:30 AM »

Oh, yeah, I was typing on a computer that didn't have those turned off this morning.

Mr. Anderson · « **Reply #9 on:** December 13, 2005, 12:07:34 PM »

My favorite thing about MS Office is that friendly little paper clip. With him around, I feel like I can format with the best.

sarcasticmuppet · « **Reply #10 on:** December 13, 2005, 12:08:17 PM »

pooka · « **Reply #11 on:** December 13, 2005, 02:55:32 PM »

Do you have the option of turning him into a puppy, a kitten, or a better world?

sarcasticmuppet · « **Reply #12 on:** December 13, 2005, 04:42:58 PM »

don't forget the wizard, or the magical Microsoft Logo

pooka · « **Reply #13 on:** December 13, 2005, 05:04:30 PM »

If they had a little talking Satan smiley, I might use that. I like to call things by their right names.

Icarus · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2006, 05:10:44 AM »

"Approximate answers to the nearest tenth," is a sentence fragment.

And then it has the gall to say to me, "Consider revising."

*blink*

Hello?!

pooka · « **Reply #15 on:** January 20, 2006, 07:09:55 AM »

It said it was a sentence fragment or you are saying it is a sentence fragment? It's confusing because your quote has a comma at the end.

rivka · « **Reply #16 on:** January 20, 2006, 07:26:56 AM »

In its defense, the word is more commonly used as an adjective than as a verb. But I have the same problem when writing science tests -- it thinks all kinds of things are fragments.

Teshi · « **Reply #17 on:** January 20, 2006, 08:49:52 AM »

Yeah, it took me a while (like, 20 seconds

) to figure out how that was not a sentence fragment.

Machines aren't perfect!

Jonathon · « **Reply #18 on:** January 20, 2006, 09:33:43 AM »

Fittingly enough, WordPerfect is a lot more perfect when it comes to these things.

Icarus · « **Reply #19 on:** January 20, 2006, 09:51:26 AM »

pooka, it said thatt's a fragment.

pooka · « **Reply #20 on:** February 01, 2006, 09:48:18 PM »

I wonder if MS word is responsible for the cover letter we got asking us to "overlook my resume."

Jonathon · « **Reply #21 on:** February 01, 2006, 09:51:03 PM »

Sounds like good old-fashioned bad usage to me.

pooka · « **Reply #22 on:** May 10, 2006, 10:15:32 AM »

I just got a message I'd never seen before. It was a popup that said "There are too many spelling and grammar errors in [document name] to display."

Porter · « **Reply #23 on:** May 10, 2006, 10:18:25 AM »

*jealous*

Jonathon · « **Reply #24 on:** May 10, 2006, 10:20:31 AM »