The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language
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Re: The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language
#2The author seems a little confused herself
"Word may not recognise vocabulary or grammar conventions that are part of local dialects, and will try to correct them," she says. This can effectively marginalise regional nuance, she adds.
The Cambridge spelling of recognise, marginalise indicates BE, but the comma inside the quote ... correct them," she says. is a pure AEism. Pick a team!
Re: The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language
#3This doesn't seem to have any evidence, and just says Word _may_ have changed English.
Re: The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language
#4The author seems a little confused herself "Word may not recognise vocabulary or grammar conventions that are part of local dialects, and will try to correct them," she says. This can effectively marginalise regional nuance, she adds. The Cambridge spelling of recognise , marginalise indicates BE, but the comma inside the quote ... correct them," she says. is a pure AEism. Pick a team!
What does "AEism" mean in this context?
Re: The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language
#5The author seems a little confused herself "Word may not recognise vocabulary or grammar conventions that are part of local dialects, and will try to correct them," she says. This can effectively marginalise regional nuance, she adds. The Cambridge spelling of recognise , marginalise indicates BE, but the comma inside the quote ... correct them," she says. is a pure AEism. Pick a team!
What does "AEism" mean in this context?
AE = American English
Re: The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language
#6The author seems a little confused herself "Word may not recognise vocabulary or grammar conventions that are part of local dialects, and will try to correct them," she says. This can effectively marginalise regional nuance, she adds. The Cambridge spelling of recognise , marginalise indicates BE, but the comma inside the quote ... correct them," she says. is a pure AEism. Pick a team!
What team is quoting the first sentence, but not the second, even though it's presumably a continuation of the first quote?
Re: The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language
#7Huh?
The only thing I see there that's actually relevant is the ability to easily make minor changes, thus making writing much easier to polish. It's part of why I prefer articles to podcasts--the language use is much more polished and so you get more information for a given amount of time/attention.
Re: The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language
#8This just in: Using English may have changed English.
Re: The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language
#9> As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has played in four decades of language and communication evolution
Dear Victoria, Microsoft Word played the following roles in the last 4 decades: taking normal people at the edge of insanity, showing that even if you are close to make a good product (Word 97), there always must be an idiot who breaks something (ribbon).
But don't care about losers like me. Keep up the good work, because Microsoft pays well for articles like yours.