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Grammar check!
Word 2000. Just found irrefutable proof of something I've long suspected,
and that is the inconsistency and self-contradictory tendency of the grammar checker. I was editing a document that contained the expression 'well-being'. On f7, Word objected and wanted to substitute the two words unhyphenated. OK, only one mention of the expression so no consistency problems. Let's go with Microsoft this time. So I accepted but Microsoft now wanted the hyphen back! I accepted again. Back to the original objection. Repeated acceptances just left me in a loop. It seemed nothing would satisfy the beast... |
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Hi Aalaan,
You won't get any argument from us or from MS that the grammar checker always has some ... "issues" is what MS calls them :-) because language is so free-form. But do remember that Word 2000 is now long in the tooth, if not completely obsolete, and there have been improvements in the intervening three versions. Word 2003 doesn't complain about the hyphenated form of "well-being". -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Aalaan wrote: Word 2000. Just found irrefutable proof of something I've long suspected, and that is the inconsistency and self-contradictory tendency of the grammar checker. I was editing a document that contained the expression 'well-being'. On f7, Word objected and wanted to substitute the two words unhyphenated. OK, only one mention of the expression so no consistency problems. Let's go with Microsoft this time. So I accepted but Microsoft now wanted the hyphen back! I accepted again. Back to the original objection. Repeated acceptances just left me in a loop. It seemed nothing would satisfy the beast... |
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Hello again Jay!
I have deliberately stayed with Word 2000 because it strikes me as a very stable product (with only a couple of shortcomings like the one I mentioned). Whereas I read many horror stories here of others using Word 2003 (or even 2007) who are having great difficulties, especially when they've applied improvement patches! As I make a living with words I simply cannot afford the time and chaos that can apparently arise from these later 'improved versions'. It has long been a beef of mine. IMHO it is outrageous when an 'update' is issued that introduces bugs, loses or corrupts files and generally leads to a great waste of time, to say the least. On the living nature of words I agree of course. Usage is always changing (witness the rise and rise of the dreaded 'i'-word!) But in the case I mentioned it could hardly change backwards and forwards over a period of a few seconds... G "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Hi Aalaan, You won't get any argument from us or from MS that the grammar checker always has some ... "issues" is what MS calls them :-) because language is so free-form. But do remember that Word 2000 is now long in the tooth, if not completely obsolete, and there have been improvements in the intervening three versions. Word 2003 doesn't complain about the hyphenated form of "well-being". -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Aalaan wrote: Word 2000. Just found irrefutable proof of something I've long suspected, and that is the inconsistency and self-contradictory tendency of the grammar checker. I was editing a document that contained the expression 'well-being'. On f7, Word objected and wanted to substitute the two words unhyphenated. OK, only one mention of the expression so no consistency problems. Let's go with Microsoft this time. So I accepted but Microsoft now wanted the hyphen back! I accepted again. Back to the original objection. Repeated acceptances just left me in a loop. It seemed nothing would satisfy the beast... |
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Grammar check!
There are many similar anomalies where the grammar checker and spell checker
are in direct opposition, especially when the hyphen is involved. Try something like Northwest or Worldwide. Terry Farrell "Aalaan" wrote in message ... Word 2000. Just found irrefutable proof of something I've long suspected, and that is the inconsistency and self-contradictory tendency of the grammar checker. I was editing a document that contained the expression 'well-being'. On f7, Word objected and wanted to substitute the two words unhyphenated. OK, only one mention of the expression so no consistency problems. Let's go with Microsoft this time. So I accepted but Microsoft now wanted the hyphen back! I accepted again. Back to the original objection. Repeated acceptances just left me in a loop. It seemed nothing would satisfy the beast... |
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In message , Aalaan
writes As I make a living with words I simply cannot afford the time and chaos that can apparently arise from these later 'improved versions'. It has long been a beef of mine. IMHO it is outrageous when an 'update' is issued that introduces bugs, loses or corrupts files and generally leads to a great waste of time, to say the least. Aalaan, My sympathies entirely. I too make a living from words. That's why II haven't progressed beyond Word 97. -- Ian |
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Understood. But I never regretted my move to Word 2000. It is much better.
However Microsoft has of course now 'withdrawn support' for this version and it is necessary to apply two service packs to the original, one of which can't be obtained any more! :-( "ian" wrote in message ... In message , Aalaan writes As I make a living with words I simply cannot afford the time and chaos that can apparently arise from these later 'improved versions'. It has long been a beef of mine. IMHO it is outrageous when an 'update' is issued that introduces bugs, loses or corrupts files and generally leads to a great waste of time, to say the least. Aalaan, My sympathies entirely. I too make a living from words. That's why II haven't progressed beyond Word 97. -- Ian |
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