grammar

Quite a few people have written to me complaining about Word 2007's spelling and grammar feature. Many times people complained about previous versions when they displayed the red and green squiggly lines under words but in this latest version, they ... are complaining about correct words marked as misspelled. This is not a problem within Word's Spelling and Grammar utilities. The editing language has somehow been changed in the latest version. If this happens to you, you can change your option so that it will not recur. Follow the steps below to find out how: Click the Office button. Select Word ... (view more)

Lord alone knows that I am forever correcting grammar in documents even though MS Word has tried to fix it for me! If you have that same complaint, I can show you how to pick and choose which grammar rules MS Word uses to check your documents! ... Follow the steps below: Click on Tools | Options. Click on the Spelling and Grammar tab. You can now select or deselect your options. You can use the drop-down list and choose to have MS Word check either Grammar Only or Grammar and Style. Click on Settings. If you select Grammar Only, you will only get the grammar portion and if you select Grammar and ... (view more)

Sometimes you want to be careful to use gender-neutral words in your documents. Word's grammar checker offers an option that will underline words that violate this gender neutrality with a green squiggly line, similar to what it does for sentence ... fragments, run-on sentences, and other grammar misfits. To ask Word to check for gender-specific terms such as 'policeman', follow the steps below: In Word 2002/2003: Choose Tools | Options from the main menu. Go to Spelling ... (view more)