I have a strange request....[RESOLVED]

[Aries Mars]

I have a program that sorts through a long txt file and checks for grammer errors, the problem is that my version of Word -v10- is not smart enough to catch the errors.

I need some one with a newer version of word to test the following phrases in word a see if it catches the error.

The never
The enough
The today
The no
The getting
The provides
The March

Let me know what the result is.

Thanx.

[RobDog888]

I checked it with 2003 and only "The enough" comes out with a grammer error.
It suggests only this - "the enough"

Seems it still hasnt learned how to spell or check for grammatical errors.

[Aries Mars]

How about not capitalizing "The"? Did you try that?

[RobDog888]

If these are the beginning of sentences then it needs to be captiolized. I'll recheck with lower case.

[RobDog888]

This is what it forced me to correct them to.

The never
the enough
the today
the no
the getting
the provides
the March

It probably may think its a paragraph or maybe it just guesses.

[Aries Mars]

how about in the middle of a sentance, this probably will not work but I'm desperate...

[RobDog888]

Give me an example(s) of how you want me to test them.

[Aries Mars]

On the day I went to the [word], I had to go home first.........

[RobDog888]

On the day I went to the never, I had to go home first.
On the day I went to the enough, I had to go home first.
On the day I went to the today, I had to go home first.
On the day I went to the no, I had to go home first.
On the day I went to the getting, I had to go home first.
On the day I went to the provides, I had to go home first.
On the day I went to the March, I had to go home first.

[Aries Mars]

what did it say was wrong?

[RobDog888]

"Order of words. Consider revising."

[Aries Mars]

thanks it does not seem like I'll be able to use Word to help me out

[RobDog888]

The spelling is good but the grammar is not worth much.

[Aries Mars]

If found a way to trick Word into spotting nouns!

1) Open word, go to Tools -> Options.
2) Click on the "Spelling and Grammer" tab.
3) Near the bottom, there is a drop down menu named "Writing Style" set it to "Grammer and Style" and press ok,
4) In the document, type "Person place thing idea"

You then will get a grammatical error because there are four consecutive nouns. All I have to do now is have the program substitute a variable in the at the end of "thing" and it will tell me whether or not the var is a noun.

Now all I have to do is get my hands on the French, Dutch, and German versions of Word.....

But anyway it does what I need it to. Just though you all would be interested.