[grammatim[_2_]]

On Mar 21, 4:36*am, "L. Mohan Arun" wrote:
Test cases

You can contrast this to other web design software - they are several
hundreds of megabytes in size.

-No error is being pointed out by Word. I am referring to "other
software" so software is plural in the sense used here. So how do you
explain Word accepts software as plural here?

These are two separate sentences, and the difficulty here is that
"they" has no antecedent, because there is no plural noun preceding it
in the excerpt shown.

Neither of the sentences you typed there is ungrammatical, but they do
not form a coherent whole.

If you like watching Sandra Bullock play the role of the eccentric
stalker then you must

- * * * Why is play being pointed out as a grammar error? If I change it to
playing then it accepts. I dont see anything wrong with 'play'

There is nothing wrong with "play" in that sentence fragment. As I
told you before, computer grammar checkers are not infallible, and you
should not be relying on them as your only editor.

The default code generated by the SiteMasher Pro tool works with all
browsers.

- * * * The whole sentence gets flagged. If I remove the word "default" then
it accepts. Cant see what is wrong with the use of default here.

There is nothing wrong with that sentence.

If this description made you want to watch this movie, then well and
good.

- * * * Why is good being flagged?

Because the grammar checker is unfamiliar with the cliche' "well and
good."

Referencehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/lea...

Other popular software that are known to produce CFG files for storing
configuration data include the following.

- * * * Since I am referring to "other software" software needs to be plural
in sense here.
If I replace 'are' with 'is' it doesn’t sound right.

The "are" needs to change to "is." "Software" is a mass noun and does
not have a plural form and does not take plural concord -- whether or
not it is notionally (semantically) referring to one or more than one
program.

This software covers the gamut of functions ranging from planning to
reporting.
- * * * Why is "reporting" getting flagged?

Because computer grammar checkers are not infallible, and you should
not be relying on them as your only editor. Perhaps it expects that
the only form of verb that appears after "to" is the infinitive, but
that's obviously not correct.

The download is less than 5 MB in size and not several hundred
megabytes in size as the other architecture design software usually
are.

- * * * Here Word accepts "are" for software?

Perhaps because the sentence is fairly complex and it lost track of
the subject of the verb.
Computer grammar checkers are not infallible, and you should not be
relying on them as your only editor.

All the features found in the paid "build your website" tools and html
editor software are available in the free X web site design tool.

- * * * Here, the "are" is for the features, but is being flagged by Word
2003. If I remove "and html editor software" then it will accept the
'are".

Computer grammar checkers are not infallible, and you should not be
relying on them as your only editor. Here it _may_ be reflecting the
solution to the difficult problem of what to do with a conjoined
subject where one conjunct is singular and the other is plural: some
say to make the verb agree with whichever conjunct is closest to the
verb, i.e. the second one. But the better advice is to rewrite the
sentence to avoid the problem. However, here the original sentence is
ok, because the two conjuncts are not the subject of the verb, but the
object of the preposition. It would be clearer if you repeated "in"
after "and.".

But XCart32 shopping cart has a nil or very low learning curve if at
all, because it is very easy to use and simplistic and flexible too.

- * * * If I remove "very" then it would accept.

There should be "the" before "XCart32," I don't know what "if at all"
goes with, and "simplistic" is the wrong word (unless you intend to
insult the product) -- it should be "simple."

. I had hoped that the 2008-2009 academic year would see the
introduction of the on-line essay submission process.

- * * * Why is "year" flagged?

Because computer grammar checkers are not infallible, and you should
not be relying on them as your only editor.

Simply drag and drop the required page elements on to the web page you
are building, and ShopTopPro then automatically creates the web page
code necessary.

- * * * Why is "creates" flagged?

Because computer grammar checkers are not infallible, and you should
not be relying on them as your only editor.

It should be "onto," not "on to," and "necessary" should be before
"web page."

When you have completed the cart creation process and have done all
the web pages you need, then you can save and transfer all the files o
the Host who will host the website for a nominal hosting charge.

-"All the" is getting flagged - Now I know there is "o" instead of the
"to" – but that’s not the point. Remove the "d" in the word
"completed" and word would accept "all the files".

In some varieties of English (not mine), "all of the" is used rather
than "all the." Note that it occurs twice in this sentence.

You absolutely cannot remove the d from "completed" -- you can change
"have completed" to "complete."

, the campus library allows students access to university owned
computers

- * * * Why is "students" getting flagged? It is not possessive here.

Because computer grammar checkers are not infallible, and you should
not be relying on them as your only editor.