I've found the Word grammar checker to be very helpful. By struggling
to get rid of the squigglies, I have improved my writing significantly.
Yes, it makes mistakes. That just means it needs to become better.
A grammar checker as a separate option that can be compiled in or not
will be useful to me.
Randy Kramer
Sarah Stegall wrote:
>
> Amen. Besides, most grammar checkers can't even detect the most common
> errors, such as using "to" for "too" or "it's" for "its". Bad juju all
> around. I say leave off the grammar checking.
>
> Colin Mattoon wrote:
> >
> > Add my vote to exclude a grammar check option forever. Faulkner would
> > have suffered from a drinking problem if he had been forced to write
> > with MS Word, Joyce would have written, "The river flows...," and
> > Lincoln's speech would, in it's entirety, read: "There certainly are a
> > great many dead people here."
> >
> > Alas, poor Underwood, I gave him hell.
> >
> > Colin Mattoon
>
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