The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language

The author seems a little confused herself<p><i>&quot;Word may not recognise vocabulary or grammar conventions that are part of local dialects, and will try to correct them,&quot; she says. This can effectively marginalise regional nuance, she adds.</i><p>The Cambridge spelling of <i>recognise</i>, <i>marginalise</i> indicates BE, but the comma inside the quote <i>... correct them,&quot; she says.</i> is a pure AEism. Pick a team!

This doesn&#x27;t seem to have any evidence, and just says Word _may_ have changed English.

&gt; As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has played in four decades of language and communication evolution<p>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).<p>But don&#x27;t care about losers like me. Keep up the good work, because Microsoft pays well for articles like yours.

Huh?<p>The only thing I see there that&#x27;s actually relevant is the ability to easily make minor changes, thus making writing much easier to polish. It&#x27;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&#x2F;attention.

This just in: Using English may have changed English.