Grammar check in Office Pro 2007 incorrectly flags usage   

The word "to" in following phase was flagged, even though the usage is correct:

"In all fairness, our best was better than average compared to many States, 
but is this good enough?"

The suggested replacement was "too."


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date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:54:10 -0700   author:   jms

Re: Grammar check in Office Pro 2007 incorrectly flags usage   

It does that because of the word "many". It knows that "to many" is a common 
mistake, so it assumes that every "to many" it sees is probably wrong, and 
that the user meant "too many". Eventually, we'll have grammar checkers that 
are smart enough to know the difference... not yet, though. That's why I 
keep the grammar checker turned off. I find that the contextual spelling 
check in Word 2007 is good enough that I leave it turned on -- it checks for 
errors, as opposed to ignorance. But, the grammar checker doesn't seem to be 
all that bright. When I've enabled it, it routinely urged me to commit many 
more mistakes than it ever prevented me from making.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"jms"  wrote in message 
news:1EF0618F-3337-42A2-8143-6E2A2A817DAD@microsoft.com...
> The word "to" in following phase was flagged, even though the usage is 
> correct:
>
> "In all fairness, our best was better than average compared to many 
> States,
> but is this good enough?"
>
> The suggested replacement was "too."
>
>
> -- 
> That which is well done, no matter how humble, is noble - Roman proverb
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow 
> this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=1ef0618f-3337-42a2-8143-6e2a2a817dad&dg=microsoft.public.word.application.errors

date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:09:14 -0400   author:   Herb Tyson [MVP]