Ah, but why do babies want/need to be swaddled (i.e., wrapped tightly)? And
yes, I agree about the "use it in a sentence" hints.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"grammatim" wrote in message
...
The purpose of swaddling clothes is to swaddle!!
(Aren't the "use it in a sentence" hints of the National Spelling Bee
helpful to the kids?)
On Mar 30, 12:29 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
As grammatim says, it's a common phrase. A lot of people don't really know
what a manger is, any more than they know about the purpose of swaddling
clothes. g
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
"Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]" wrote
in
...
Thanks for pointing this out to me, Suzanne, you are absolutely right. I
should have said "Jesus was laid in a manger". I am relieved to see that
there are millions of occurrences of "born in a manger" on the web
(http://search.live.com/results.aspx?...2&first=11...),
so I am not alone :-).
Best,
Thierry
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Yep, possibly written by someone who thought a manger was a stable?
There's
a folk carol that includes the line "like you and like I," and I'm not
fond
of that one, either.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"grammatim" wrote in message
...
I can think of at least one Christmas carol that has the simpler
version ...
On Mar 29, 2:55 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
I would hope *something* would flag "Jesus was born in a manger." He
was
actually born and then laid in a manger.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
"Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]"
wrote
in
...
Jim,
The ExcludeDictionaryEN0409.lex file should be saved as a text file
(Unicode), not as a Word file. I have just tried with this word
(manger)
right now and it works.
It's interesting you want to remove this very word, which I
mentioned
in
the
post below on our blog when I discussed exclude dictionaries.
http://blogs.msdn.com/naturallanguag...1/can-i-remove...
As I was saying, removing "manger" also means the word will be
flagged
if
you type something like "Jesus was born in a manger". The Office
2007
contextual speller flags (with blue squiggly lines) some contexts
in
which
"manger" is used erroneously, without having to put it in the
exclude
dictionary (e.g. if you type "I wanted to become a program manger
in
this
corporation", you will see it is flagged).
I hope it helps,
Have a nice weekend,
Thierry
Thierry Fontenelle [MSFT]
Microsoft Natural Language Group
"Jim In Minneapolis" wrote:
I need to tell Word 2007 (running under Vista) to "flag" some
words.
For
example, I want the speller to flag "manger" as an incorrect
spelling
(I
sometimes type that, when I actually meant manager)
I've tried my best to follow the Word 2007 "help" instructions . .
.
.
but
the Exclude Dictionary does not seem to be paying attention . . .
it
still
accepts "manger" as an accepted word (does not flag it).
Here's what I've done . . .
TO CREATE AN “EXCLUDE” DICTIONARY:
1. C:\Users\Jim\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof
2. Click on file: ExcludeDictionaryEN0409
3. Open with MS-Word
4. Type the word to ad in LOWER case only, followed by hard return
5. Save
What have I done wrong?
Thanks so much--