Posted by beardedlady on February 21, 2003, at 17:00:42
In reply to Re: check this one out :-) » beardedlady, posted by IsoM on February 21, 2003, at 16:48:54
I forgot about you being from Candadia and all! Yes, the rules could be different. In England, the period goes outside the quotation marks. Here, it goes inside. Which is it in Canada?
> (Would you believe that MicroSoft Word Document Tools gave my sentence a Flesch-Kincaid grade average of 12?)
Oh, yes. Word is not only lousy at grammar (and even spelling!), but it also has that useless tool. I think it measures the lengths of your sentences and words, rather than taking into account the words you're using. It may assume that longer words and sentences amount to more complex writing.
I really don't understand how it works at all. I strive for 7th or 8th grade level. Most of the good writing I admire seems to fall around there!
(Oh, and that there was not a run-on it was just a long sentence this here sentence is a run-on.)
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