Questions tagged [grammar]
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I can't find where to turn off grammar issues highlighting in Chrome; where is it in Settings? I don't see it under Languages
I can't find where to turn off grammatical ssues highlighting in Chrome. Where is it in Settings? I don't see it under Languages, where advice I've found online says to look for it.
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How to undo a grammer rule saved by Outlook 365 desktop by mistake
So I type a line that is NOT supposed to end in a period. It was a line of text that was not meant to have a period, like a poem. Outlook grammar asks if I always want to ignore this error and not bug ...
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Why LanguageTool is not working on LibreOffice?
I am using LibreOffice 7.2.2.2. I have installed LanguageTool 5.4, then 5.5.1, but none of them are working. They only add buttons to the toolbar, though they do not react. What would you suggest?
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Automatically Find/Replace fixed set of phrases in Word
I want to perform the following Find/Replace operations (or equivalent) in Word:
For example:
End of sentence: also `.`, `?`, `!`
1. `. ` by `.` (xInf)
2. `.` by `. `
3. ` .` by `.` (xInf)
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Spelling AND Grammar check for Notepad ++
This site provided with spellcheck for Notepad ++ html/markup spellcheck, but not grammar:
How do I enable spell checking in Notepad++?
Looking to do spelling and grammar check on html all in one ...
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MS Word Spell Check
Can anyone tell me how to suppress the 'Ignore Once' option in MS Word? I want any grammatical errors ignored totally not just once. I'm an author and use dialogue frequently. The spoken word is not ...
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How do you make a new type of grammar error in Microsoft Word?
For example, I come across the phrase "for him to"/"for Daniel to"/"for her to" very often in the non-native English documents I edit and would like to change it to "so he can" and so on. How do I add ...
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Can I use a template to set Grammar/Proofing Settings?
I am trying to create/update an existing template for my job, and include many checklist items. My team is only 3 other writers + me, but there may be more.
Windows 10 machines, Word 2016.
Some ...
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Quickly show Readability Statistics in Microsoft Word
Is there a quick way to show the readability statistics for Microsoft Word 2013 or 2016 documents, without having to correct them first?
I know how to enable the readability statistics so that they ...
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Spaces in filenames, symantics as usual
hello im having an issue with spaces in the %%a attribute inside a Batch FOR.
if i have some files in a folder
yoda jedi.tif
jaba king.tif
solo smug.tif
the following code,
@echo off & ...
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Word Blue Line Grammar Check
I typed an industry phrase that MS Word flagged in blue and wants me to put a hyphen between. It would be wrong if I did that. I know my option is to disable grammar check. So here are my questions:
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Customising Word to check house style grammar
My organisation has recently published a lengthy document explaining our new house style and branding. I am looking for a way to check whether Word 2016 documents comply with the guidelines.
I ...
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grammar check ignoring spell check in Microsoft Word
I am in a situation to edit a Manual which has got more Greek terms. I am quite sure about the spellings given in that manual are correct. What all I need is to check grammar alone. But while checking ...
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MS Word grammar check showing "correction" identical to the original text, accepting correction then ruins formatting
If I examine the green squiggle and open the grammar dialog, it says there is an extra space between two words but I have positioned and moved the cursor and can confirm that this is not the case
If ...
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Grammar application rules Microsoft Word
I recently wrote a reply from the interview I had. This is what I wrote:
"Within the last few days you and I started the introduction for the Employment at company x in the Technology sector working ...
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MSword spellcheck: ignore text between this and that
How can I set a spellcheck rule that will enable MSword (2013) to skip some part of the text.
For instance I would ask him to skip the text between a double parenthesis.
text that must be checked ...
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How to have the button on quick access bar to toggle spelling check on and off in Word 2010?
I cannot find such button on the ribbon.
Currently we have to open the menu File - Option - Proofing - Check grammar...
I am working with with two languages i.e. English and Vietnamese, and the need ...
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Can I edit Microsoft Word 2011 Mac grammar (capitalization)?
The house style of the company I work for is to not capitalize "internet". Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 flags this as a grammar error. I tried added lowercase "internet" to the spelling dictionary, ...
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How to save a grammar rule setting that I have ignored and use it for all my future documents in Microsoft Word
Being a JavaScript developer, recent days I am in a habit of writing words with spaces on both ends of a bracket.
An example - ( Stack Overflow is great )
This makes it more readable for me.
I am ...
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How can I check that a document is entirely in American or British English?
I'm not a native speaker and during writing, I have some candidates like "grey"'/"gray" that I will always mix up.
So sometimes, when I write papers with colleagues (e.g. in LaTeX or plain text), we ...
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grammar check support in openoffice/libreoffice works as expected?
Apparently, when I go to Tools -> "Spelling and Grammer" dialog box in OpenOffice Writer, it only does the spell checking. Further, it only adds red underlines for spelling mistakes, no green ...
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Adding word links in custom dictionary from chat acronyms to real words
I read that I could add custom words to Mac OS X's spellcheck dictionary by either:
Right clicking the word and selecting 'learn spelling'
Adding them manually to 'LocalDictionary' in the user ...
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Program for creating language syntax/grammar "railroad" diagrams? [closed]
I'm looking for the program that JSON, SQLite and other projects are using to create the diagrams used for their language syntax, if there is a particular program. All of the diagrams have a similar ...
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Search for the best spelling and grammar checking tool for English language [closed]
I am searching for the best spelling and grammar checking tool for English language.
I have no problem to buy this tool as long as it runs under linux (OpenOffice)...
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How to ignore spelling and grammar for certain text styles in Word 2007
Is there a way to ignore spelling and grammar for certain text styles in Word 2007?
Some of the stuff I'm writing is pre-formatted text that looks like this and usually has stuff like if (str.length(...
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Digram Generation/Creation: Languages/Grammars
Hey, does anyone know if there's any tools for generating nice uniform grammar representation diagrams like the ones on json.org?
Or am i stuck with visio/photoshop doing them by hand?
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Can I get the spellchecker in MS Word to remember my grammar decisions?
Sometimes Word will make a incorrect grammar suggestion which I can just ignore.
However every time I go to spellcheck it again, it will keep making that suggestion. Is there any way I can get it to ...
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Advanced Grammar and Style Checker [closed]
I just finished writing and reviewing my masters thesis; however, I was wondering if there is an advanced grammar/style tool that'll go through my thesis and identify anything I've missed
Edit:
The ...
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Is there a tool for automatically checking English grammar?
I need to run through a document and check that it contains proper English grammar. My toolset for spell-checking for words include ispell and OpenOffice, but they seem only to do spell-checking.
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