WORD to ya mutha, sweet thang.
Posted on 03/30/2005 8:30:57 AM PST by Vision Thing
I have an older version of MS Office on my computer at work. I'm pretty proficient in most of the progams, but struggled with Word today, just trying to get the stupid "header" to do what I wanted it to, when making corrections on a huge document. I had to laugh when I saw this thread. I don't even want to hear the word, WORD tonight...:)
A quotation grammatically in apposition or the direct object of a verb is preceeded by a comma and enclosed in quotation marks. When the quotation is followed by an attributive phrase, the comma is enclosed within the quotation marks. Typographical usage dictates that the comma be inside the marks, although logically it often seems not to belong there. "I can't attend," she said. She said, "I can't attend."
MS Word actually has a couple of those grammar checkers. They measure the grade level of your writing. Word calls them readability scores. I prefer using them to the other inane grammar checks in MS Word.
These readability scores focus on the number of words per sentence, the number of letters per word. Obviously, the higher total of each, the higher the grade-level score.
These readability checkers don't measure whether or not your writing makes sense. Instead, they measure the wordiness of your writing.
When I was a tech writer, I used them to aim for the eighth-grade reading level score.
...as would be: All's The Times, if the publisher of The Times was a Mr./Mrs. All.
Okay, that's just funny. I don't care who you are. ;)
People in my life are rather polite, for the most part. Mrs. SlowBoat simply says, "I didn't hear you."
I'm trying to get back in the habit of saying "You're welcome", instead of "sure" when people say "Thank you" to me. It acknowledges the import of their gesture more appropriately.
Oh good gosh, MS Word and the Vanilla"Word"IceMan in one day.
I'm at a loss for "WORDS".....lol!
When getting a compliment, it was always so difficult to know what to say back. I would usually end up saying.."nah", or some such. I've found a response of "your welcome" is the way to go.
I used to do some technical writing, specifically in writing guidance documents for regulatory compliance....
When you start understanding and translating "Bureaucratese" into English, you end up using the passive voice, a lot. That is because the passive voice is used, a lot, in regulations, where the "by" is often understood. (Even if it is expressed, grammar check has a problem.)
"Records shall be kept.", for example.
All I can say about my experience with grammar check is, "Problems were had!".
ROFL. I was just handed an editted and spill chequed copy of a letter I wrote. The secretary's Word decided "etc." had to be spelled out. It's a very good thing I know the full spelling since the word "excreta" had been substituted. I caught it while proof reading.
I'd have felt like poop if I found that after the fact.
ROFL! Poop indeed!
How about, I don't know, learning proper grammar and checking it yourself?
If rite moron like I want, wright moron like I will -- micorsoft irrespective. Grammar very well to not use process word checker.
Why the "Oh, geez?"
look if I see the little green line it mentally asks me a question -- is what I just wrote awkward or obviously flawed?
Read second and third sentence of the article:
"Microsoft the company should big improve Word grammar check."
A University of Washington associate professor ran it through the grammar check in Microsoft Word, and the software found it acceptable.
I checked it myself. No little green line.
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