Each of these dialects has different spelling conventions, for example: centre (UK spelling) versus center (US spelling). Within English itself there are multiple dialects and Wikipedia lists more than 45 dialects across as many countries. You are forgiven for thinking the language option in Microsoft Word only applies to people who speak more than one language and need to type in a language other than English. Test your MS Word skills with the corresponding FREE Online Multiple Choice Caution: You still need to proofread your document! Word can check both your spelling and grammar. Spelling & Grammar Check MS Word Tutorial Free Online Microsoft Word Tutorials Too many white spaces between words.Free MS Word Spelling & Grammar Check Tutorial – Microsoft Word 2010 – Formatting has taken the time to look at each mistake and Microsoft’s examples. Microsoft, as usual, is careful to imply without actually lying. They are mistakes that Word has detected for many years. Many of the mistakes in the list are NOT newly detected in Word’s Editor. No mention of examples where Word gets it wrong or the flagged problem isn’t clear (a grammatical ‘gray area’). No surprise that Microsoft’s list gives examples where Word flags a human mistake. It’s self-serving and not been independently verified. Like many press releases, it deserves to be treated with suspicion.
The “Most commonly flagged grammar mistakes” list is released by Microsoft as a promotional tool for the improved ‘Editor’ grammar checks in Word 2016 for Windows.
One of Microsoft’s ‘common mistakes’ was NOT detected by Word, so it’s not a good demonstration.Īnother possible problem is detected by Word but it’s not any help in fixing it. We’ll show how the grammar checks really work in the latest Word. Unlike others, we’re not content just to copy Microsoft’s 2017 list. Microsoft once published a list of “Top Grammar Mistakes” in Microsoft Word, but what’s really going on with that list and the technology behind it?
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