word is having a hissy fit.

[nix-j-c]

I'm typing an essay on word and because of the point of view that i have to take, I need to write words such as didn't and won't but ms word is having a hissy when I type these such words.

why?

But they come up as grammar mistakes, saying did you mean 'did not' ect. So I can't add them as words in the dictionary.

So what can I do?

Because if it does it much more I'll have a hissy fit!

[squarebear]

Just click "ignore all" when it prompts you to change them.

[nix-j-c]

aha thanx.

[nix-j-c]

Ignore all/rule wasn't on the first list that you get when you click a word so i forgot about it.

thanx.

[squarebear]

No problem. Good luck with your essay and glad it stopped your hissy fits :-)

[rojash]

Or just turn of the Grammar Checker altogether...

[nix-j-c]

But i don't know why itdid it because i've had the same computer with the same ms word programme for years.

[ChuckFickens]

You should not use contractions in formal or academic writing anyhow.

[nix-j-c]

After reading a short story (your shoes) which is in the style of a letter from a mother to her daughter we had to write a response from the daughters point of view after she had recieved the letter.

BTW my english teacher said that we should use the kind of language that the daughter would use which includes slang. So even though it would be better english, it wouldn't fit in and wouldn't sound right because the daughter would be realy angry aswell.

[ChuckFickens]

OK, I take back what I said then, if you have been asked to write the essay in a conversational style of writing then contractions are, of course, just fine.