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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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What's wrong with my sentence?

0I'm typing a paper for my history class using Microsoft Word, and I found that this sentence is underlined in green and is considered a fragment: 00In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States due to the vaccine’s incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox. 00Help would be great.0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I'm typing a paper for my history class using Microsoft Word, and I found that this sentence is underlined in green and is considered a fragment: 00In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States due to the vaccine’s incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox. 02font 02br 02br 00Just add a comma as I've shown, and the green will go away. 05002br 02br 01b 00 00In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States01font 00,02font 00 due to the vaccine’s incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00I'm typing a paper for my history class using Microsoft Word, and I found that this sentence is underlined in green and is considered a fragment: 00In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States due to the vaccine’s incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00Just add a comma as I've shown, and the green will go away.
  • 05002br 02br 01b 00 00In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States01font 00,02font 00 due to the vaccine’s incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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01font00I'm typing a paper for my history class using Microsoft Word, and I found that this sentence is underlined in green and is considered a fragment: 00In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States due to the vaccine’s incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox. 02font02br
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0 I see nothing ungrammatical in your sentence.02br
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0Ok, Clive, but the comma didn't make the green go away. Is it just the computer being a computer or is there some super-advanced grammar rule I'm violating? 0-
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0This is one of the times you right click and choose "ignore."0-
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0shouldn't it be smallpox immunization01u00s02u00 ?0-
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0Well, the extra "s" didn't do anything for me, so I suppose I'll just have to ignore it. Thanks. 050010id1
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0Hi again,02br
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01font00Ok, Clive, but the comma didn't make the green go away. Is it just the computer being a computer or is there some super-advanced grammar rule I'm violating? 02font02br
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00I tried your sentence in my version of MS Word and got the green. Then I added the comma and the green vanished. 02
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