How do you change a grammer rule?

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david - 16 Feb 2007 02:59 GMT

I am typing up a dictionary for a school assignment and Word wont let me say
"Wadis- Riverbeds that remain dry except for during the rainy season." It
wants me to say "Wadis- Riverbeds that remains dry except for during the
rainy." I want it to know that it is a dictionary entry and that "that" in
not the subject of the sentence, "Riverbeds" is. How do you change this
grammer rule?

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Jezebel - 16 Feb 2007 03:29 GMT

You don't change it: you igore it, or tell Word to stop applying the rule.
Word doesn't *stop* you saying anything.
There's no e in 'grammar'.

>I am typing up a dictionary for a school assignment and Word wont let me
>say
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> not the subject of the sentence, "Riverbeds" is. How do you change this
> grammer rule?

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Greg Maxey - 16 Feb 2007 03:55 GMT

> There's no e in 'grammar'

There is if you ignore spelling rules too ;-)

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> You don't change it: you igore it, or tell Word to stop applying the
> rule. Word doesn't *stop* you saying anything.
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>> dictionary entry and that "that" in not the subject of the sentence,
>> "Riverbeds" is. How do you change this grammer rule?

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Jezebel - 16 Feb 2007 04:40 GMT

toushay

>> There's no e in 'grammar'
>
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>>> dictionary entry and that "that" in not the subject of the sentence,
>>> "Riverbeds" is. How do you change this grammer rule?

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Greg Maxey - 16 Feb 2007 05:22 GMT

That's the spirit!

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> toushay
>
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>>>> dictionary entry and that "that" in not the subject of the
>>>> sentence, "Riverbeds" is. How do you change this grammer rule?

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garfield-n-odie [MVP] - 17 Feb 2007 06:31 GMT

Technically, "Riverbeds that remain dry except for during the rainy
season" is not a complete sentence because it lacks a verb. Word is
just doing the best it can with your notion of grammer[sic].

> I am typing up a dictionary for a school assignment and Word wont let me say
> "Wadis- Riverbeds that remain dry except for during the rainy season." It
> wants me to say "Wadis- Riverbeds that remains dry except for during the
> rainy." I want it to know that it is a dictionary entry and that "that" in
> not the subject of the sentence, "Riverbeds" is. How do you change this
> grammer rule?

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