Warning: Unless explicit consent is given by everyone who hears this, never use any of these words when referring to anyone as they are incredibly offensive. Don’t ignore situations where people constantly use the wrong pronouns. When someone addresses another person using the wrong pronouns, especially on purpose, it can cause that person to feel disrespectful and can lead to dysphoria, exclusion, and alienation.
Note: Ignoring or disrespecting someone’s pronouns is not only an act of oppression, but can also be seen as an act of violence.
If you don’t know someone’s pronoun, don’t use gender pronouns, and use them or a neuter pronoun like ze. When someone asks you to use their pronoun, they are asking you to respect their individuality. Pronouns are how you address someone when you don’t use their name.
FUD
Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (often abbreviated as FUD) is a propaganda tactic used in sales, marketing, public relations, politics, polls, and cults. FUD is the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM suppliers in still in potential customers who might consider Amdahl products. One of the messages in question is FUD: fear, uncertainty and doubt on the part of the customer and seller that interfere with the approach and welcome. Fear has been widely used by Microsoft against Linux operating systems since the 1990s.
If the user chooses to press C, Microsoft Corporation will continue to run under DR DOS without any problems. A new spell checking feature has been implemented in the latest version of Microsoft Word in Office 365, which is available to users with an annual subscription. The spell checker is only included with the version of Microsoft Word that comes with an Office 365 subscription, so users with a standalone version of Office 2019 or earlier versions of Office will not be affected.
The Microsoft & the checkers it claims save the day
Microsoft has launched a new spell checker for the latest version of Office 365 that highlights text and offers politically correct alternatives to phrases it finds problematic in the latest version of Office 365. After highlighting the inclusion issue, a new Microsoft Word feature will offer more acceptable alternatives, including removing blacklists and whitelists in favour of the list of accepted or allowed. Here you can select the categories of inclusion that you want to include in Microsoft Office. Users who do not want to use the inclusive filter can uncheck the boxes listed here before clicking the OK button.
Microsoft Office is a completely optional tool that users can turn on and off at any time. The software package will remind you if your email is not inclusive or contains offensive language. Microsoft Office says the goal is not to “solve every problem in society” but to get people thinking about writing more inclusively. Microsoft will soon unveil a preview version of Word that will use artificial intelligence to make Word not only grammatically correct, but also politically correct.
Incorrect Political Incorrectness in the workplace
The company’s efforts to push its users to be more politically correct have drawn criticism. In recent months, with a particularly memorable example presented at Ignite’s annual conference last November. Microsoft Word now has a built-in feature that examines a user’s work and determines if a word used would offend someone. For the various new controls, Microsoft brought together a team of linguists and other experts to predict how people might mis phrase words and come up with a list of the most effective terms. According to Office Intelligence product manager Malawika Rewari we have read online.
The good news is that just like you can ask Word not to give you grammar suggestions, you can go into settings and tell Word not to check for the correctness or sensitivity of your words. Easy, fix them politely and quickly, don’t make too much of a difference. Having a clear understanding of the problem will help you carefully weigh the pros and cons of solving it.
You may be tempted to go to your boss or fellow bosses, but it’s often better to give someone the benefit of the doubt and assume that when they see how their behaviour is perceived, they will change. If you use a big issue, you are drawing more attention to someone who might not want it. While there are certainly scenarios where people don’t want to push for political correctness (for example, if you meant a quote like “The Great Leap For Humanity”), you can also just ignore the purple underline.
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The feature highlights a purple line under any words or phrases it finds problematic, offering more inclusive alternatives, and has been included in the 2019 version of Microsoft Word for Office 365. Unfortunately, those using the free browser version or single payment of Office 2019 will not be able to access the editor.
The Wrap Up
It’s no surprise that Microsoft Word is taking on political correctness. The update took a little while to roll out, but Twitter users have already pointed out some of the more hilarious instances of their word choice being changed. Users have also reported finding different versions of the software with more advanced changes.
If you’re still trying to find the “magic pill” that will kill political incorrectness, you might have to continue your search. But if you’re looking for a way to update your vocabulary and become more inclusive, Microsoft’s ‘Insensitive’ feature is an interesting option.