Grammar Correction Glitch.

Is Word just expressing a grammatical preference here? In word, type in the following sentence: He lay there, his eyes open. Then hit enter. It will prompt you to change the comma to a semi-colon....

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Charles_Kenyon
Jun 02, 2025
Word's grammar checker is reading "his eyes open" as a declarative sentence with "open" as a verb. Your sentence is fine. Another way of putting it that would not give you the correction would be "He lay there with his eyes open. He could not get to sleep." That is not a better construction, though, IMO.
Machine proofreading is an adjunct to human intervention, not a substitute. Word is wrong here.

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Charles_Kenyon

Bronze Contributor

Jun 02, 2025

Word's grammar checker is reading "his eyes open" as a declarative sentence with "open" as a verb. Your sentence is fine. Another way of putting it that would not give you the correction would be "He lay there with his eyes open. He could not get to sleep." That is not a better construction, though, IMO.

Machine proofreading is an adjunct to human intervention, not a substitute. Word is wrong here.

This is a user-to-user support forum. -- You can give feedback TO MICROSOFT designers and decision makers on Microsoft Word or other Microsoft Products using their feedback mechanisms, (not here). (This is a link to directions.)

Narrator

Copper Contributor

Jun 05, 2025

Thanks Charles. I can see that now. Much obliged.

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