The grammar checker included with Word is quite powerful when it comes to checking matters of style in your writing. One of the things you can have Word check for is whether any of your sentences begin with certain conjunctions, such as "and," "but," or "hopefully." If you want Word to flag sentences that begin this way, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Proofing options of the Word Options dialog box.
Figure 2. The Grammar Settings dialog box.
If you enable this grammar-checking option, Word will also flag sentences that use the word "plus" as a conjunction between independent clauses in a sentence.
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2022-01-17 07:18:16
David Allen
Strangely, in Office 365, despite having a lot more proofing options, the particular check for a sentence beginning with a conjunction seems to have been removed.
And a good job too!
2016-02-11 12:43:23
Peter Kirkpatrick
That's a bit unfair, given that all Word features evolve through different versions and Wyatt has specifically stated at the head of this tip which versions it applies to.
2016-02-11 08:14:15
peter compo
Kind of misleading tip since this no longer works in Word 2016
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