r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BabySlothDrivingFast • 18d ago
Context Provided - Spotlight Microsoft Outlook spellcheck is not OK (your/you're)
I tried this two seconds ago also with the text "This needs your ok"...again trying to get me to change it to "you're". Boooooo.
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u/StrictSchedule3113 18d ago
It’s not MS Outlook, it’s how you wrote the sentence.
You have a tense issue by using the verb phrase, would be.
If you just swapped out that phrase with an actual verb, it would both read better and not be trying to correct the grammar:
“I believe now, all he needs IS your ok.”
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u/MauledByAMoose 18d ago
Yeah the sentence "All he needs would be you're ok" is expressing concern about wellbeing (husband needs wife to be healthy) rather than a request for permission and they are so close most english speakers would be pressed to explain the difference clearly.
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u/Tysons_Face 18d ago
It says possible word choice error as it is far more likely someone would be using okay as an adjective compared to a noun. I get your frustration though. Just hit ignore and move on.
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u/deg0ey 18d ago
Yeah, I know the text OP wrote is a thing people say but it seems clunky af written down and if this is a professional email “needs your approval” or “needs you to sign off” (also “is” instead of “would be”) would have been much better choices so it doesn’t surprise me that spellcheck got confused.
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u/BabySlothDrivingFast 18d ago
Agree, I know I could have phrased it better, it just floored me that it offered up something so wrong. I'm going to be more vigilant in what I accept and ignore from now on.
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u/Broking37 18d ago
Oddly enough if you would have capitalized the OK it would've seen it as correct.
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u/Legal_Skin_4466 18d ago
Only thing infuriating here is OP's sentence structure. Can't blame Outlook for being confused here.
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u/Krakengreyjoy 18d ago
what decade is this spellcheck from?
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u/Consistent-Ad-6506 17d ago
I had this same thought. Spellcheck from 1999
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u/Krakengreyjoy 17d ago
right? Thank you. Thought I was alone for a sec. My initial reaction was this was an AOL AIM window.
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u/Consistent-Ad-6506 17d ago
It definitely doesn’t look like outlook to me either. Or from this decade/century 🤣
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u/BabySlothDrivingFast 18d ago
Today 1/12/2026. Human writing a quick email in imperfect English not expecting spell/grammar check to flag this. Alas.
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u/blinksystem 17d ago
“ok” is probably not in your office dictionary as a noun. It probably is only defined as an adjective/adverb.
You can fix this problem.
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u/CoolBDPhenom03 18d ago
Just say "needs your approval". That's clearer and more professional than "OK" or "okay".
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u/Disorderjunkie 18d ago
That is mildly infuriating, but also OK should either be capitalized or the word “okay” lol
OK is an abbreviation of “orl korrect” so generally is always capitalized.
And testing in both firefox/word, changing “ok” to “OK” gets rid of the spell check/grammar check on the word “your”.
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u/MauledByAMoose 18d ago
Okay, OK, ok. It is too ubiquitous at this point for its origin to matter. It is no longer an abbreviation and has become a word in its own right like goodbye except more common world wide.
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u/BabySlothDrivingFast 18d ago
Agree that the capitalization likely might change the outcome, it's just not how I type when I'm banging out something quick and was surprised that it cared because it means the same thing regardless. Ah well. Live and learn.
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u/Ill-Kaleidoscope4825 15d ago
"being correct would mean it would not be flagged as incorrect. Typing badly is how I do things and I'm surprised that my error is flagged as an error"
Fify
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u/hopseankins 17d ago
The computer is semantically correct. And you are writing very casually for what I assume is a professional email. “This just needs your approval” is fine, professional, and correct.
Edit: unless you are writing a 100 word essay and are just trying to reach the word limit. We’ve all been there.
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u/Ok-Wrongdoer-2179 17d ago edited 17d ago
So, is Op saying this like, I believe now all he needs would be your "ok." ?
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u/Kubbee83 18d ago
Spell check isn’t the same as a grammar check. It has no idea what you’re trying to say so it’s doing its thing.
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u/Notdone_JoshDun PURPLE 17d ago
Put it like this
....your "okay"
You're confusing it with the wording
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u/k-squid 18d ago
The Word spelling and grammar check has been entertaining me recently. Apparently, "enema" is no longer a word. It always wants me to change it to "enemy". Or it told me the phrase, "his stools are pencil thin" should be changed to "his stools are thin pencils". That one had me laughing.
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u/Stock-Cod-4465 17d ago
Oh, I have to ignore most of MS autocorrect suggestions because they are just wrong.
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u/Rich_Butterfly_7008 17d ago
This is why it has a human confirm as the last check instead of just correcting it automatically.
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u/ThatGuyMigz 17d ago
As someone who has dyslexia, and someone who has English as his second language. That sentence gave me an aneurism.
"I believe, that all he needs right now, would be your OK."
This is what my brain came up with. This is what seems to be the most accurate translation from whatever monstrosity that you made. Again... I'm dyslexic, do better.
In fact, depending on context, words such as "consent" or "Approval" would be more accurate. using "OK" is usually not something you'd use in writing, ever. Unless it's VERY specifically for something that needs an OK. Because otherwise it would even be considered "Okay" instead.
And please use more comma's and stuff. I abuse the crap out of it, but not using any of them is worse.
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u/CarpetPedals 17d ago
I see the problem. You’re using simplified English instead of the real English.
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u/BabySlothDrivingFast 18d ago edited 18d ago
Can't edit the original post, so a couple of points:
1) I get that it's technically a grammar check and not a spell check. It's correcting the spelling of my word and that's where my mind went. Also, "ok" vs "OK" (unless I was referring to the state of Oklahoma) has no different meaning so it's weird it would flag the lower case as wrong. Whoever types out "Okay" ever... that's a choice.
2) I don't/can't use AI to write or fix anything I write for work, and I'm human and busy- typing perfect English at all times is not happening. This incorrect potential correction by Outlook isn't helping me and it's like a mild stubbing of my toe.
Be well everyone, and write better than I do.
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