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lily1986
06-20-2006, 07:29 PM
Hi. I have no idea why this sentence is underlined by microsoft word spelling and grammar checker:
Imagine your child rushes to the computer once awaken from slumber, with hair unkempt and wearing yesterday’s shirt, your child glued himself or herself to the computer. Apparently your child had login into his favorite MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game). Determined only to detach from it to answer the call of nature.
:confused: Will someone kindly tell me the reason?
Hi. I have no idea why this sentence is underlined by microsoft word spelling and grammar checker:
Imagine your child rushes to the computer once awaken from slumber, with hair unkempt and wearing yesterday’s shirt, your child glued himself or herself to the computer. Apparently your child had login into his favorite MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game). Determined only to detach from it to answer the call of nature.
:confused: Will someone kindly tell me the reason?
why don't you try putting a subject there?
that's what i think.
thanx
danmahaffey
06-21-2006, 05:11 AM
why don't you try putting a subject there?
that's what i think.
thanxThe highlighted words are not a complete sentence. A sentence needs a subject and a predicate. You have written a modifier, a phrase to describe child, and have left it floating like a sentence.
You could rewrite this paragraph in many ways, but here is one way to make your highlighted words into a sentence:He is determined only to detach from it to answer the call of nature.
Here is a suggestion for a fully rewritten paragraph:Imagine your child rushes rushing to the computer once awakened from slumber,. With hair unkempt and wearing yesterday’s shirt, your child has glued himself or herself to the computer. Apparently your child had loggedin into his favorite MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game). D, determined only to detach from it to answer the call of nature.
I hope this helps.
By the way, when you right-clicked on the highlighted sentence, what did Microsoft Word have to say about the error?
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