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How should I avoid this reflexive pronoun, or is it okay?
I typed a sentence in Microsoft Word as:
o Each mobile operating system implements encryption in their own way.
It was part of a list of bullet points. I got dinged for their own being ...
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Is it true that which clause should always start with a comma? [duplicate]
Every time when I write a sentence in Microsoft Word like this:
the rats which are the food of snake are crazily growing.
It always recommends me to rewrite like this:
the rats, which are ...
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“Testification” in US English
The usage of Dieter Wisclieceny’s statements and testifications from
the Nuremberg Trials as the basis for the interrogation and trial of
Eichmann is also accurate.
In Microsoft word, the ...
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Is this grammatically correct?
Using MS Word, I typed, "As Roblin and Adelaide are reading the reviews, Roblin thinks that women may get the vote and their rights after all.
MS Word puts a green squiggle under "reviews," and it ...
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Software to change American punctuation to British [migrated]
My apologies if this is off topic.
American and British writing have different punctuation styles. Is there any software that can change American style punctuation to British? I am referring to ...
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What will be the possessive form of the word “Tipsy” used as a noun? [closed]
The Microsoft Word grammar check shows "Tipsy's" to be wrongly formed. I thought "Tipsy'" would do the job and it was shown as correct. However, it occurred to me that Tipsy does not end in a 'z' or ...
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“Was” or “were” for “half a dozen”
In Microsoft Word, the following sentence is flagged. It tells me to use "was" instead of "were"
There were half a dozen books strewn about the floor.
I would think that you would use "were" ...
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How to use the word “duplicate” [closed]
I would like to warn my customers that names can be duplicate. How do I put it in words?
In MS Word when I entered Name can be duplicate., it draws a green line under duplicate. Whats my mistake?
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“Proceed” or “precede” [closed]
When I use Microsoft Word, it shows me that the word proceed is wrong with the following sentence:
This is the only way I can proceed with school
and it corrects it to the following:
This is ...
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What is wrong with “Where should this car be parked?”?
Why does Microsoft Word 2010 show an error for the following sentence?
1. Where should this car be parked?
Word 2010 also suggests changing the sentence to
2. Where this car should ...
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Usage of “do” in “why do I want to do something”
Phrase:
Maybe you'll ask why do I want to lift my keyboard off my desk.
Question:
Microsoft Word says that I should remove the "do". Why is that? I think the "do" should stay there.
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Microsoft Word Complains me this phrase is wrong - Is it right?
A programming craftsman having hands on knowledge in Web development
(Including user interaction), Software Development Life cycle, and
database programming
How should the sentence be formed ...
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Is “nuancedly” an existing word?
I was typing the following sentence in Microsoft Word:
This theme is outlined more nuancedly in this novel.
but it marked the word "nuancedly" as being non-existent.
I did a search on Google ...
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“Reseller” or “re-seller”?
Which spelling is correct — reseller or re-seller?
I was writing a question on another Stack Exchange site, and I wrote reseller, but the editor underlined that as an incorrect spelling. Microsoft ...
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“Uncapable” or “incapable”?
In Microsoft Word, uncapable is marked as wrong. It sounded pretty alright to me, thus, I checked it up on the Web and found that many dictionaries do not have "uncapable" in their entries, but ...
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Is using passive voice “bad form”?
Whenever I create a document in Microsoft Word, it complains about a lot of my sentences being in passive voice. But, when I read that sentence aloud, it sounds fine to me. I am not sure if it is just ...
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Correct capitalisation of “Machiavellian”?
Does the adjective Machiavellian always have a capital letter?
For example:
The Machiavellian Iago manipulates
Othello into believing his wife,
Desdemona, had an affair.
Not sure if this is ...
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Should I use the singular or plural here?
The following two phrases MS Word marks as wrong, whereas I think they are correct; but I would like feedback to be sure.
Microsoft and Cisco are both designing ...
MS Word suggests changing ...
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What is the correct spelling: “wrapable” or “wrappable”?
As it sounds: is "wrapable" correct, or is "wrappable" correct? Or are neither correct?
Microsoft Word complains about both, but Google doesn't correct either one.
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Is “uncarefully” a word?
Microsoft Word is telling me that is isn't.
If it isn't, what is a suitable alternative?
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Is “kinda” a word?
I've used "kinda" as a word basically meaning "kind of" just run together. I wouldn't use it formally, but I noticed that Microsoft Word's spellchecker says that it isn't a word. I searched some and ...
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Microsoft Word's “fragments”
Microsoft Word loves underlining things I am typing with a green squiggle. Now sometimes it gets it right, as just now it found a mistake
also know as
which should be
also known as
But one ...
