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Word intervenes again, when (again) it should leave it to the pros
by Guy J Kewney | posted on 20 April 2009
No expert writer enjoys Word's patronising attempts at grammar correction. Usually, they are merely baffling (obsession with "that" instead of "which" being a case) but today, we caught it being plain silly.
Story: a couple in bed. First Party: "Why didn't we do this years ago?"
Second Party... but we'll never know what the response would be, because Microsoft Word interrupts:
A noun and the words that modify that noun must agree in number. Some nouns can be used in either a singular or a plural sense. In these cases, consider how you are using the marked noun before choosing a modifier.
And it suggests:-
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