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wizwor · 08-11-2013, 01:23 PM

When I get up in the morning, I turn on the news to keep me company as I prepare for work. The anchors repeat the same stories from 5:00 am to 7:00 am. The words are put on paper by a professional writer, checked by an editor, and delivered by educated anchors in front of an army of producers. Despite that, I am assailed by a barrage of pronunciation and grammar errors every single morning. When I get to work, I thumb through a paper or two. Again, error after error after error. Clearly, Microsoft has not properly communicated the meaning of those squiggly lines.

I think the problem is that the writers are not writing with Word. I publish a monthly newsletter. The software I use does not spell check -- at least not effectively. I drop the whole newsletter into word to check for errors.

I don't think most would do this.

08-11-2013, 01:23 PM	#45
wizwor Wizard Posts: 1,068 Karma: 23867385 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: kindle, fire	When I get up in the morning, I turn on the news to keep me company as I prepare for work. The anchors repeat the same stories from 5:00 am to 7:00 am. The words are put on paper by a professional writer, checked by an editor, and delivered by educated anchors in front of an army of producers. Despite that, I am assailed by a barrage of pronunciation and grammar errors every single morning. When I get to work, I thumb through a paper or two. Again, error after error after error. Clearly, Microsoft has not properly communicated the meaning of those squiggly lines. I think the problem is that the writers are not writing with Word. I publish a monthly newsletter. The software I use does not spell check -- at least not effectively. I drop the whole newsletter into word to check for errors. I don't think most would do this.