Your Favorite Fails

Kevy Baby · 02-11-2009, 07:43 PM

Okay, not technically a Fail, but it is a Microsoft inanity.

In typing an email (in Outlook using Word as my editor), I typed the sentence, "Attached are the [item 1], [item 2], and [item 3] for the..."

Since I leave the spelling and grammar check mode on, it put a green squiggly line under "are" (the second word in the sentence). The suggested fix was to change "are" to "is." I accepted the change.

Now the word "is" had a green squiggly line under it. The suggested fix?

"are"

02-11-2009, 07:43 PM	#1
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Okay, not technically a Fail, but it is a Microsoft inanity. In typing an email (in Outlook using Word as my editor), I typed the sentence, "Attached are the [item 1], [item 2], and [item 3] for the..." Since I leave the spelling and grammar check mode on, it put a green squiggly line under "are" (the second word in the sentence). The suggested fix was to change "are" to "is." I accepted the change. Now the word "is" had a green squiggly line under it. The suggested fix? "are" __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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