WD: Grammar Checker Won't Flag Errors in Nonpunctuated Text (75847)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0a
- Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0c
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95 7.0a
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 5.1
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1
- Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0.1a
This article was previously published under Q75847 SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Word, when you choose Grammar from the Tools menu, and the
document or selection of the document you want to check is composed of text
that the Grammar checker evaluates as ungrammatical, it treats the file or
selection as if it has no grammatical errors.
NOTE: A sentence must contain a period or other punctuation mark to be
checked for grammar.
CAUSE
To start the grammar checker, a document must have a certain basic
structure. The Grammar checker determines basic grammatical structure
by searching the text for punctuation, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and
adverbs. If these basic parts of a sentence are missing from the
selection or document, the Grammar command evaluates the entire block
of text as ungrammatical and does not perform a normal grammar check.
As a result, the Grammar command reaches the end of the document or
selection without reporting any errors.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Word listed
above. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows and
Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition.
MORE INFORMATION
The Grammar command is designed to ignore text that is not in a particular
format in order to avoid running grammar checks on items such as column
headings or columns of numbers. Although the words in these headings or
columns can be separated by spaces or tabs and can end with a carriage
return, the Grammar command does not consider them to be grammatically
correct sentences.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbfix kbproof KB75847 |
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