Microsoft Word isn't always trustworthy

[melluransa]

This was funny! I filmed what happened to me today with Microsoft Word. Moral of the story: Microsoft Word isn't always trustworthy.

Comments

[zeph317toho.livejournal.com]

OMG how dare you impugn the honor of Microsoft Word... oh, who am I kidding? You're totally right. Word is really flaky at the best of times. I generally ignore the green unless I'm bored and then I'll run grammar check just to laugh at it. It's come a long way in recent updates, but it will never, ever be able to compete with a human.

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

A three year old is "smarter" than a computer, so. You used "honor" and "microsoft word" in the same sentence, and it made me look twice. XD

[steinsgrrl.livejournal.com]

You need a word processing program with a trustworthier grammar checker. ;)

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

I think I have one. My brain! I had to rely on my brain in the end. XD

[th-tinie.livejournal.com]

:D

[em-rose483.livejournal.com]

heee, this happened to me for the first time the other day, too! I don't remember the word though.

Your voice is cute!

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

Isn't it oddest thing? You expect a word processing program to be correct. This has happened to me maybe 3 times. Ahh, so strange!

:3 Thanks! I think I sound like waffles.

[th-tinie.livejournal.com]

This is so funny. I love your voice. More 'reliable' results? I am curious about the thing you are writing. <3

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

It was a critique of a research study. Because of the effects of aging on the larynx, the elderly sometimes have voices of really poor quality, in that they have low volume, pitch breaks, and people say they're harder to understand.

It was a treatment study that made the participants do exercises like holding "ahhh" as long as they could, and gliding up and down in pitch multiple times.

Before and after the treatment, data on their voices was only taken once each time. It would have been more valid and reliable if the researchers had taken data multiple times. The findings would have been stronger. I had to write this paper that critiqued the research experiment for all its strengths and weaknesses.

What's funny is that those exercises didn't improve their voice at all! It did improve the participants' feelings about their voices though, and they felt more confident and like their voice was less of a disability when talking to others. So that was a positive finding. It made them feel better about their voice. :)

Sorry to bore you! XD

[th-tinie.livejournal.com]

You don't bore me, I find it highly interesting. <3

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

I would have used trustworthier, actually... o.O But I am swedish and can not be trusted! X-D

[melluransa.livejournal.com]

I don't know why you can't use trustworthier. It follows the rule of adding -er when comparing, like biggER and smallER. You would be following the overall grammar rules if you used trustworthier. Ah, English. Gotta love it.