Not that I'm a huge fan of Microsoft myself, but in their defense... Grammar checkers are not that sophisticated that it can differentiate between "your coaching" (i.e. possessive before gerund) or "you're coaching" (performing an act of coaching). Could any of you programmers tell me how you would write an algorithm to determine which form of "coaching" the writer implies? - msbroida

i see how this could fit plus somebody misunderstood the grammar checkers line as "this is an error" - it is a suggestion that something else may be wrong. I use it on a regular basis and it works very good for me. - Nicole Simon

@Nicole: Word's grammar checker is good for suggestions, but some people take it as The Last Word. I pay only marginal attention to it. It's just fun to poke fun at it when it messes up. :-) - Voyagerfan5761

@fyc: w00t! Grammar sticklers, unite! :D - Voyagerfan5761

Exactly. The grammar checker simply flags situations that are potentially ambiguous and offers a choice. You, the writer, can either say "oops" or can, as it says, "ignore it." But it just informs you that the text might be wrong. BTW, would the grammar checker flag "works very good" and suggest "works very well?" If so, would the writer choose to ignore it as common usage? - msbroida

it does flag "good" and suggests well - which tells you I did not use it on my comment here. ;) While my english usually is quite good, it is things like this where such a small help is really valuable. btw google's spellchecker is the only thing coming near ms words spell checker, and this not only in english but also in german which is impressive. I hope they add checker for grammar as well some day to the google toolbar ;) - Nicole Simon

that one and the one from the toolbar. while i ignore several suggestions, there are some standard mistakes I cant get rid of now for decades ;) - Nicole Simon

gra.mm.ar, lol! Anybody want to start that? =D - Voyagerfan5761