Which of the following is incorrect?

• A. She lived during the great depression.
• B. The custom-built desk was a piece of art.
• C. The editing changes must retain the writer's intended message.
• D. The spelling checker compares what is on the screen to what is in its dictionary and automatically replaces words that are spelled incorrectly.

Answer: (D)

Spelling tools work by comparing the text to a dictionary and flagging items that don’t match, often offering suggested corrections. They don’t automatically replace misspelled words in every situation; automatic replacement depends on settings (auto-correct) and the specific word, and it isn’t guaranteed to be appropriate in all cases. Because this statement claims that a spelling checker “automatically replaces” incorrect spellings, it’s not a universal behavior of these tools, making it the misleading one.

The other sentences mostly align with standard usage. The phrase referring to the Great Depression should be capitalized as a proper noun, and the desk sentence and the principle about preserving the writer’s intended message are both acceptable as written.