Mo’ Betta Blues
Joelle said at some point on November 14, 2007
While spell checking a press release we’re putting together, Microsoft Word suggested that instead of saying “more well-rounded”, I should use “better-rounded”.
Better-rounded? Seriously?
Have you ever heard anyone say better-rounded in your life? Better-rounded sounds kind of pathetic, really. “Well, son, I realize you finished that MBA program at Harvard while simultaneously carrying a full course load at the Fashion Institute to become a well-rounded person, but until you reach a black belt in Tai Kwan Do, you’re only better-rounded.”
It’s like a boobie prize. Better-rounded… give me a break.
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from St. Pete FL
Spell check always suggests changing my last name to ‘funeral’.
Yeah, there’s a real moral booster.
from Northern NY • Cocktail: Harvey Wallbanger
I’ve never heard of “better-rounded”.
What drives me crazy is the grammar checker… it’s always wanting to change my sentences. I follow all their recommendations, to the letter, and then it rechecks and tells me I should change it again - back to the way I had it to begin with! I think it’s just messin’ with me.
from West Palm Beach, FL • Cocktail: Champagne Bellini
Is “better-rounded” better or worse than a reach-arounded?
from IA
So just what do you expect from Microsoft? Something that works as it should? Or something that works good enough to get by?
Don’t let Word (or any other word processor) proofread you documents. Pretty soon, everything you write will have no personality. My dad, a former English and writing teacher, always said there will never be a machine that can replicate human style!