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December 02, 2025

IWSG Dec 2025: Annoyed with grammar check

It used to be my text app (iText Express for mac) just makes spellchecks but now it corrects my grammar (after I upgraded) and I'm annoyed with it. If they were accurate, I might be fine with it but they are not.
    Like the word peace - it kept asking me if I want to change it to piece or if I wrote piece, it ask if I want to change it to peace. Or with words like you're and your or then and than or any words in that similar vein. The suggestions are sort of reasonable but still annoying. (And yes, when I made a spellcheck of this post, it asked me if I want change peace to piece and piece to peace.)
    The question is, why is it giving incorrect suggestions? I can't even turn it off because there's no such option. Sometimes it's helpful and other times I just give up. It actually confuses me more because then I second-guess my own decisions. English grammar is confusing enough so I don't need these oddly incorrect grammar suggestions.
    
Do you hate it when you text or word app corrects your grammar?