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Bayeux Tapestry detail: Coronation of Harold, created by Myrabella, 2013, used under Creative Commons license

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A Demonstration of the Futility of Using Microsoft Word’s Spelling and Grammar Check

March 9, 2020

8 April 2005

Frustrated with your spell checker? That it can’t tell you when to use "there" or "their" (and forget about "they’re")? Does the grammar checker on your word processor miss bad grammar while flagging perfectly good sentences as improper?

If so, you’re not alone. Check out http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep/check/ and find at least one other who commiserates with you.

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