0
Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Microsoft word spell check is crazy... or am I?
so I was typing up a paper for school and i got one of those little squiggly things over a comma. and it suggestion was instead of one, they said I should do two like this: ",," I guessing that my sentence structure is wacky, but has anyone heard of this? or is there a case where one would use this? Thanks
Top answer
Was the MS Word suggestion something like this: ,, Microsoft Word spell check is crazy ... or am I? '' ==> German style quotation marks.
- Was the MS Word suggestion something like this: ,, Microsoft Word spell check is crazy ...
- or am I?
- '' ==> German style quotation marks.
- I'm not aware of any double comma situation in English.
- However, I know my MS Word spell check program tends to jump around between languages at will, so if your spell check program had set itself to German for that word or for that part of the text, the program might have been telling you that it thought you ought to use German-style quotation marks.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
3 Answers
0
Was the MS Word suggestion something like this:
,,Microsoft Word spell check is crazy ... or am I?'' ==> German style quotation marks.
I'm not aware of any double comma situation in English. However, I know my MS Word spell check program tends to jump around between languages at will, so if your spell check program had set itself to German for that word or for t
,,Microsoft Word spell check is crazy ... or am I?'' ==> German style quotation marks.
I'm not aware of any double comma situation in English. However, I know my MS Word spell check program tends to jump around between languages at will, so if your spell check program had set itself to German for that word or for t
00
However wacky your sentence structure, I'm sure MS Spell and Grammar Check is even wackier.
Ignore any crazy stuff it does like that!
Ignore any crazy stuff it does like that!
00
I have had the same problem for years. No one has been able to help me. I edit text that has foreign words -- company names, usually -- but within English. I am not switching languages, only the spell check is. It makes suggestions in foreign languages and doesn't necessarily go back to English. It stops on properly spelled English words, suggests Spanish or French alternatives. I have made every
0
Related Questions