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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
When MS Word labels a sentence as a "fragment", what criteria is it using?
Hi folks
I have a love/hate relationship with the spelling and grammar checker in Microsoft Word. I'm a translator for a science publishing company, and it's very useful for picking up on typos which have crept in, or words which the computer itself has "helpfully" changed before realising I am writing in English. On the other hand, I am well aware it is not always right - it should be a tool, controlled by the user, rather than the user being governed by it... It frequently tries to make changes which are simply wrong!!
At any rate, one of the things it often challenges, as we all well know, is certain sentences, claiming they are "fragments". I always thought that a "fragment" was a bit of a sentence without a main verb, and that wrongly-challenged "fragments" were sentences whose main verb could have been confused for a noun... However, I have noticed that it is doing it for certain sentences that have verbs which are clearly verbs, and which are perfectly valid sentences!!! What criteria does Word use when labeling "fragments"? Is there any way of turning this particular checker off?? I try clicking "Ignore", "Ignore all" and even "Ignore rule" in the SPAG checker, but what it does is ignore ME! This particular erroneous "correction" drives me batty!!
Any help much appreciated!
Thanks,
B
I have a love/hate relationship with the spelling and grammar checker in Microsoft Word. I'm a translator for a science publishing company, and it's very useful for picking up on typos which have crept in, or words which the computer itself has "helpfully" changed before realising I am writing in English. On the other hand, I am well aware it is not always right - it should be a tool, controlled by the user, rather than the user being governed by it... It frequently tries to make changes which are simply wrong!!
At any rate, one of the things it often challenges, as we all well know, is certain sentences, claiming they are "fragments". I always thought that a "fragment" was a bit of a sentence without a main verb, and that wrongly-challenged "fragments" were sentences whose main verb could have been confused for a noun... However, I have noticed that it is doing it for certain sentences that have verbs which are clearly verbs, and which are perfectly valid sentences!!! What criteria does Word use when labeling "fragments"? Is there any way of turning this particular checker off?? I try clicking "Ignore", "Ignore all" and even "Ignore rule" in the SPAG checker, but what it does is ignore ME! This particular erroneous "correction" drives me batty!!
Any help much appreciated!
Thanks,
B
Top answer
Anonymous Is there any way of turning this particular checker off?? The following procedure works in Word 2007 1. Click the MS Office button (it's the round button in the top, left corner of your Ms word window) 2.
- Anonymous Is there any way of turning this particular checker off??
- The following procedure works in Word 2007 1.
- Click the MS Office button (it's the round button in the top, left corner of your Ms word window) 2.
- Click the Word Options button 3.
- Click Proofing 4.
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AnonymousIs there any way of turning this particular checker off??The following procedure works in Word 2007
1. Click the MS Office button (it's the round button in the top, left corner of your Ms word window)
2. Click the Word Options button
3. Click Proofing
4. Uncheck the Check spelling as you type check box and click OK.
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