Seriously, Spellcheck?

Because hokey spellcheckers and ancient grammarbots are no match for a good editor at your side. Send your screenshots of hilariously misleading spelling and grammar suggestions from Word and other editing tools to @greyediting or tweet to @greyediting.

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No, Google Docs, I don't want you to spell "professional" with a capital L at the end! -submitted by Tamar F.

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Um, Word? We need to have a little chat.

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“Then again, Word doesn’t know my life.” --Amy S.

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What, did I use salty language? 

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Self-sawing sounds like something only David Copperfield could pull off! (Submitted by Kristine H.)

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I wonder if dermatology journals use pustule capitalization in their headers. (Submitted by Lisa S.P.)

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Where’s the beef? (Submitted by Karen C.)

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Submitted by Brendan O’B., known in editorial circles for his cruelty to eggs.

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This suggestion is completely nut. (Submitted by Dorothy)

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These rhymes are intricate and... highly portable? 

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And now, a word from our African contingent. (Submitted by Kristine H.)

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I don't kno about this dictionary... (Submitted by Charlotte G.)

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United States? Never heard of it. Are you sure it’s a proper noun? ...the whole thing, though? Really? Well, if you say so...

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Stripping bears: not for amateurs. (Submitted by Karen C.)

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I can has great day? (Submitted by Robin M.)

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Oh no you didn’t, Word...

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I found this pretty humerus. (Submitted by Karen C.)