English / Grammar question

[ninjamunky]

I found this on a webtsite

Originally on everything2.com

The difference between a disk and a disc is pretty simple, actually. A disk refers to a magnetic storage device that is not circular, so we have a floppy disk and a hard disk (Yeah, it's just the casing that isn't circular, I know, I know). Conversely, a circular storage device is a disc. So a record is also a disc, and we have compact discs and digital versatile discs. This is also why you listen to disc jockeys and not disk jockeys.

The fourth edition of the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (available via dictionary.com) agrees.

[Rohdekill]

According to MS Word grammar checking, there is nothing wrong with what you have written.

[ATGC]

According to MS Word grammar checking, there is nothing wrong with what you have written.

That was your first mistake.

[Rohdekill]

That was your first mistake.

So, what is wrong with the way it was origionally worded, sir professor of English? Since you want us to believe Word's grammar checking is flawed, please prove it is (with official web reference points).

[ATGC]

So, what is wrong with the way it was origionally worded, sir professor of English? Since you want us to believe Word's grammar checking is flawed, please prove it is (with official web reference points).

This is your second mistake. (Defending MS Word)

If you have ever taken a University writing course or any subject involving essay writing. You would know that MS Word is not 100% accurate.

Proof? Read the above replies on why that sentence structure is flawed.

Sincerely,

Professor of English.

[megamanXplosion]

Neptune is correct about Microsoft Word. Daniel Kies, professor of English and linguistics at the College of DuPage, has demonstrated the unreliability of the grammar checker of Microsoft Word 97–2007.