Who programmed this? Examining the instructional attitudes of writing-support software
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Abstract
Because of its widespread availability to writing students, the grammar and style checker in ms word deserves a thorough critique. Although recent scholarship has addressed general issues surrounding grammar and style checkers, we investigate this particular program in depth, focusing on its theoretical underpinnings. We contrast the approaches to grammar and style embodied in the software with those found in current composition pedagogy and conclude with suggestions that go beyond customizing the Grammar Checker to advocating more thorough discussions of the very notions of stylistic and grammatical correctness.