Thanks for sharing this. It was good for a chuckle. About 2 years ago, when grammar-checkers were becoming common, Mike Royko wrote a column describing his experience running the Gettysburg Address through such software. His results were as enlightening and entertaining as yours. I have often wished that I had saved his column and the grammar-checker's evaluation-- too many long sentences, excessive use of prepositions, repetitive, etc.--of Lincoln's style. "But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate-we cannot consecrate- we cannot hallow-this ground." It is easy to see, in this sentence alone, massive potential for, ahem, improvement on Abe's grammar. Spell-checkers, yes; grammar-checkers...well, nice try. Mike Dooris