Grammar checker...

[flying_ford_anglia]

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No: HPFGUIDX C5681
From: flying_ford_anglia
Subject: Re: Grammar checker...
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5679] Re: FAQs
Date: 8/3/00 11:39 pm  (ET)

<<It is the most idiotic suggestion device I have ever seen, and if
for nothing else, Bill Gates and his evil minions need to have their
fingernails slowly torn off for including this in Word.>>

Ouch! Jen, you've been at that extra-strong coffee again...

I agree though. I particularly loathe "This sentence may contain a verb
in the passive voice," which seems to be one of my greatest sins, on a
par with coveting my neighbour's ox. I always respond with "This person
may be speaking in an aggressive voice," just to get it off my chest.

Neil

PS - Bill Gates is the Voldemort of modern muggledom! See - I was on
topic at the end.