Saturday, May 09, 2009

A new feature for Microsoft Word

This may seem a bit hypocritical, given some of the other sentences I've inflicted on this blog, but here goes:

I'd like to propose a new feature for Microsoft Word (or for any word processing program). Whenever a sentence goes beyond four lines, the program will electrify the keyboard, administering a punitive shock to the offending (and offensive) wordsmith. This could be part of an academic writing mode as I don't mind lengthy sentences in creative writing, but if I have to read another article where the dependent clauses swarm, I'll..., well, I'll figure out a way to electrify keyboards.

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