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In Microsoft Word for Windows, the Grammar command checks the grammatical structure of the first 110 words (based on 5 characters per word) or 546 characters per sentence. Any grammatical errors occurring after the 546 character limit are ignored.
1. From the File menu, choose New, and choose the OK button.
2. Type a sentence with more than 546 characters, and include a
grammatical error.
3. From the Tools menu, choose Grammar.
The Grammar command only selects the first 546 characters. Below the suggestions box in the Grammar dialog box, the following comment appears:
Sentence was too long to process for grammatical structure.
Reference(s):
"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Guide," version 2.0, pages 285-6
KBCategory: kbproof KBSubcategory: Additional query words: 2.0 winword winword2 word6
Last Reviewed: July 30, 1997