Shan vs. Word Grammar Check
Just for shits and giggles, I sicced Word’s hideous grammar checking function on Becoming Miss Becky. Not because any publishing professional on the planet should use it, but just to amuse myself. And possibly you.
Shan: Lethal and lawbreaking men made a sight more sense to him than dimpled, dark-eyed women, that was for damn sure.
Word: Change women to woman
New Sentence: Lethal and lawbreaking men made a sight more sense to him than dimpled, dark-eyed woman, that was for damn sure.
More after the jump…
Shan: Rebecca almost felt like herself again as she stepped out onto the sidewalk and quietly pulled the door closed behind her.
Word: change herself to she
New Sentence: Rebecca almost felt like she again as she stepped out onto the sidewalk and quietly pulled the door closed behind her.
Shan: “We’ll rent you a room at the hotel until you find something more agreeable,” Adam said.
Word: change find to finds
New Sentence: “We’ll rent you a room at the hotel until you finds something more agreeable,” Adam said.
Shan: Seems Brent and Lucy are going to be grandparents and Lucy—”
Word: change are to is
New Sentence: Seems Brent and Lucy is going to be grandparents and Lucy—”
Shan: But what if the prediction was more dire?
Word: change more dire to direr
New Sentence: But what if the prediction was direr?
Shan: A nice enough color to make a woman feel pretty without making her look like she was for sale.
Word: change look to looks
New Sentence: A nice enough color to make a woman feel pretty without making her looks like she was for sale.
Shan: Her back arched and he groaned as she…(heeheehee)
Word: change her to she
New Sentence: She back arched and he groaned as she…
Shan: She said he’s all riled up and waving that gun around, demanding Mr. Barnes give him all the money.”
Word: change give to gives
New Sentence: She said he’s all riled up and waving that gun around, demanding Mr. Barnes gives him all the money.”
Shan: “Not as much as you’re gonna be if Eliza Jane sent you here to reason with me.”
Word: change be to is
New Sentence: “Not as much as you’re gonna is if Eliza Jane sent you here to reason with me.”
Shan: “As touching as we find being serenaded, if you want to come in all you have to do is knock.”
Word: change knock to knocking
New Sentence: “As touching as we find being serenaded, if you want to come in all you have to do is knocking.”
July 16th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Back arched sounds like some sort of fancy bedroom gymnastics.
July 16th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Strunk and White should go beat down that paperclip.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Crud. That sucks. Just so you know, you are a WAAAY better grammarian than MS.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:44 am
“Strunk and White should go beat down that paperclip.”
If they do, I want to watch.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:52 am
July 16th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
This is why you can’t depend on grammar/spell check. Nevery mind the idiosyncrasies of speech/slang it misses/messes up.
July 16th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I spelt idiosyncrasies wrong, didn’t I? lol.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
I spelt idiosyncrasies wrong, didn’t I?
I don’t know. Let’s ask Word!
Word agreed with you. Don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.
Sometimes it worries me grammatically-challenged new writers might depend on Word grammar check.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:20 am
Geez. Your grammar check is broken! I’ve only used mine a couple of times, but never saw anything that bad!