Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated July 8, 2017)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Word includes a full-featured grammar checker that allows you to check your document (or a section of it) for common grammar mistakes. Each potential error is displayed and you are given the opportunity to make changes.
Word has several different writing styles that you can select when using the grammar checker. Each one of these styles is a different collection of grammar rules that will be used when you use the grammar checker. Some sets of rules that are very strict with a lot of rules to check while others are quite lax and better for casual writing. If you find that these styles use rules that are unnecessary, too restrictive, or not quite right for your documents, you can modify them in the following manner:
Figure 1. The Spelling & Grammar tab of the Options dialog box.
Figure 2. The Grammar Settings dialog box.
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2018-02-04 04:57:01
Ken Endacott
I wouldn't say that tools like grammarly make writing error free. Typically less than 50% of their spelling and grammar error notifications are acceptable and they do miss things. The English language is complex and at times bending the rules is used to give emphasis. If you rigidly followed the rules then the writing would be very dull.
However, they are better than Word's spelling and grammar checking. Their particular strength is finding wrong words in a context, for example a word with a typo that converts it into a different but valid word or the wrong word used. These types of error are sometimes very hard to pick up when proofreading.
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