Ignore Spelling / Grammer

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livetohike - 26 Jul 2007 16:04 GMT

Outlook 2000

When I dismiss (Right-Click Ignore) a misspelling or grammar issue
flagged by Outlook, many times it inevitably gets flagged again. This
is especially true of grammar problems.

I know Ignore only works within the current document so that is not
the problem.

I figured out that Outlook will re-flag previously 'Ignored' grammar
if you edit the containing sentence/paragraph. This, I can live
with. But why do untouched sentences get flagged again and again no
matter how many times I tell it to Ignore?

Overall I like/need spell & grammar check, so I don't want to turn
them off, but this behavior does not make sense to me.

I should point out that grammar is much worse then spelling, but it
DOES happen for spelling as well.

What gives?

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jeffcr1@hotmail.com - 26 Jul 2007 20:53 GMT

> Outlook 2000
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> What gives?

I could see this happening if your grammar error was somehow hidden by
a misspelled word. For example "Thiss are a test." In this sentence
only the Thiss is flagged as misspelled. However if you fix the
spelling error it will reveal the grammar error because the grammar
checker now has context. Do you have an example sentence where this
is happening and you are sure the sentence is not being edited? I
would love to know.

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