Microsoft Word incorrectly suggesting grammar changes

Question

I was working on a group paper in Microsoft Word earlier this evening when I saw a double underscores on two words meaning Word thinks the grammar is wrong or shoddy. These two instances of grammar suggestions were incorrect! I was surprised that Microsoft would have such bad bugs in its grammar tool. Here are the errors:

In a comparative sentence, Microsoft Word suggested the sentence use "then" instead of "than." Wrong.

In a plural context, Microsoft Word suggested using "instance's" instead of "instances." Again, wrong.

What is happening to auto correct algorithms!? Can this be addressed??

Answer 1

You can report grammar checker failures via File > Feedback > Send a Frown or via https://word.uservoice.com.

Answer 2

Hi CassO1,

Thanks for posting in the community.

According to your description, we have tested it on our side and we can reproduce the same situation as yours. Also, the official article mentioned the underlined word means a spelling or grammatical error while this feature doesn’t work well in every sentence actually.

Sorry for the inconvenience happens to you and thanks for posting this issue in the community. We will report this situation on our side. To expand influence, we would like to invite you to send feedback in Word(click File> Feedback) . Your advice will help to make Microsoft products better and also benefits other customers.

For AutoCorrect feature, it will auto-correct some common mistakes, you could view this article AutoCorrect options for details. You could also change its settings or adding entry to an AutoCorrect list in Word.

Appreciate your understanding and patient.

Regards,

George