MS Word grammar - expect the unexpected :-O

[Gość: xman]

Here's an interesting, IMO, example of how MS Word Grammar Check module works:
Target sentence: "He is being given all the rights"
Trouble spot: "being given" (marked by the word processor)
Suggestions:
A) being gave
B) being had given
C) being has given
Choose the correct answer ;-)))

[jan.kulczyk]

I don't know abt u, but there's a 4th option I would seriously consider.
How abt: He is being having to have had been giving (given the circumstance, naturally).

;)

[Gość: jak to]

Ciekawe, czy poprawi 'was to have been given'?

[Gość: zak]

MS Spelling and Grammar is far from ideal, but you could go to Tools, Options,
and Settings under Writing Style.
Who knows, you guys might learn something one day.

[Gość: xman]

it's just one of quite a few things i've learnt using MS Word....; it's not a
thing of one day :-)))

[Gość: grzespelc]

It depends of what kind of being is considered...A human being or some other...

[Gość: xman]

grzespelc, could you elaborate on it?

[justa_79]

właśnie, jeśli zamiast being wstawimy human being, wszystkie 3 zaproponowane
przez Worda opcje będą poprawne ;)

[Gość: xman]

OK, let's substitute then
being --> human being:
He is human being gave/has give/had given all the rights.
Does it really make sense to you??

[Gość: ja]

No cóż, powinien ci jeszcze zamienić 'He is' na 'The' ... :-|

[justa_79]

źle mnie zrozumiałeś :D nie mówię, żeby w Twoim zdaniu zmienić being na human
being, tylko w tych sugestiach Worda. "human being gave/has given/had given"
jest poprawne itd. nie odnosiłam się do Twojego zdania w swojej wypowiedzi, a
tylko i wyłącznie do sformułowań użytych przez Word.

[Gość: xman]

I see.
But that's obvious, too :-))