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User Word List dialog box


Opens the Select Language dialog box, which lets you change, add, or remove a language. You can also check which languages are available and set the default writing tools language.


Displays the name and code of the current language.


Adds a User Word List to the User Word Lists list box.


Removes a User Word List from the User Word Lists list box.


Sets a User Word List as the default User Word List.


Displays the available User Word Lists.


Adds a word to a User Word List.


Deletes a word a User Word List.


Replaces a word in a User Word List.


Displays the properties of a word.


Closes the dialog box.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Lets you add, delete, or edit a word in a User Word List.


Lets you replace the word in the Word/Phrase box.


Lets you view the contents of a User Word List.


Using User Word Lists

A word list is a list of words or phrases scanned when you proof your text using the writing tools. Writing tools scan two types of word lists: User Word Lists and Main Word Lists. Each language comes with a default User Word List. User Word Lists can be customized to add, delete or replace words. Main Word Lists are lists of specialized words used by Spell Checker for a particular language, field or company. You can have ten lists of each type active when you use the writing tools. The active User Word Lists are scanned first; if the word or phrase is not found there, the active Main Word Lists are scanned. Main Word Lists are available only in Spell Checker.

For information on how to create Main Word Lists using the Spell Utility click here.

For more information on User Word Lists, see the Writing Tools main online Help.


Main Word Lists


Displays the name and code of the current language.


Opens the Select Language dialog box which lets you change, add, or remove a language. You can also check which languages are available and set the default writing tools language.


Adds a Main Word List to the Main Word Lists list box.


Removes a Main Word List from the Main Word Lists list box.


Closes the dialog box.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Lets you view the lists in the Main Word Lists list box.


Using User Word Lists

A word list is a list of words or phrases scanned when you proof your text using the writing tools. Writing tools scan two types of word lists: User Word Lists and Main Word Lists. Each language comes with a default User Word List. User Word Lists can be customized to add, delete or replace words. Main Word Lists are lists of specialized words used by Spell Checker for a particular language, field or company. You can have ten lists of each type active when you use the writing tools. The active User Word Lists are scanned first; if the word or phrase is not found there, the active Main Word Lists are scanned. Main Word Lists are available only in Spell Checker.

For information on how to create Main Word Lists using the Spell Utility click here.

For more information on User Word Lists, see the Writing Tools main online Help.


Select Language


Closes the dialog box.


Closes this dialog box without saving changes you have made.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Opens the Add Language Code dialog box and lets you add a language and its utilities.


Removes a language.


Lets you view the available languages.


Displays the available languages.


Saves a language as the default writing tools language.


Choosing a language

You can check the spelling or grammar of dates, time, currency symbols, text or look up a word in a different language.

All languages are integrated into the application. You can add and remove languages in Spell Checker, Grammatik, and Thesaurus. The language feature has options that let you choose from the languages that are already available, and set a default Writing Tools language.

Many of the languages support hyphenation. To check which languages support hyphenation, see the Writing Tools main online Help.

For more information on choosing a language, see the Writing Tools main online Help.


Add Language Code


Closes this dialog box and saves changes you have made.


Closes this dialog box without saving changes you have made.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Lets you specify a language code for the language you want to add. The language code is a two letter code displayed on the right side of each language.


Lets you specify the name of the language you want to add.


Choosing a language

You can check the spelling or grammar of dates, time, currency symbols, text or look up a word in a different language.

All languages are integrated into the application. You can add and remove languages in Spell Checker, Grammatik, and Thesaurus. The language feature has options that let you choose from the languages that are already available, and set a default Writing Tools language.

Many of the languages support hyphenation. To check which languages support hyphenation, see the Writing Tools main online Help.

For more information on choosing a language, see the Writing Tools main online Help.


Checking Styles


Enables the checking style you chose from the Checking Style list box.


Opens the Edit Checking Styles dialog box which lets you customize the Rule Classes, Maximum Allowed values and Formality Level for each checking style. You can also save the checking style with a new name.


Deletes a custom checking style.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Closes the Checking Styles dialog box.


Lets you view available checking styles.


Displays the default checking style.


Using checking styles

A checking style is a preset writing style rule applied to a document. Use a checking style to check a document for a specific type of writing. For example, you can choose the Advertising checking style to check advertising copy or marketing materials. The Advertising checking style is designed to check for mechanics and grammatical accuracy.

You can choose from the following 11 preset checking styles or create your own. Click on any of the following checking styles for more information.

•	Spelling Plus

•	Quick Check

•	Very Strict

•	Formal Memo or Letter

•	Informal Memo or Letter

•	Technical or Scientific

•	Documentation or Speech

•	Student Composition

•	Advertising

•	Fiction

•	Grammar-As-You-Go

You can also customize a checking style by adding, deleting or editing rule classes; setting a maximum number on certain grammar rules, and choosing a formality level. The grammar and style rules can be added, deleted and edited. The maximum allowed feature lets you set a maximum number that Grammatik allows for consecutive nouns, consecutive prepositional phrases, long sentence length, the range of numbers that should be spelled out, and the amount of words allowed in a split infinitive. The formality level allows Grammatik to check a document for strict or relaxed use of language and diction. You can choose from three formality levels, informal, standard, and formal.

For more information on checking styles, see the Writing Tools main online Help.


Edit Checking Styles


Lets you view available rule classes. You can customize a checking style by adding or removing rule classes.


Displays examples of correct sentences versus incorrect sentences associated with the selected rule class


Displays an example of how to reword a flagged error.


Displays an example of how to correct a flagged error. The example displayed is in accordance with the selected rule in the Rule Classes list box.


Displays an example of how not to write a sentence.


Displays an example of how not to write a flagged error. The example displayed is in accordance with the selected rule in the Rule Classes list box.


Displays ways you can use a rule class. Click the question mark button for a definition and examples of a rule class.


Displays the Maximum Allowed Values for a checking style.


Displays the number of consecutive nouns allowed in one proofreading session.


Displays the number of consecutive nouns allowed in one proofreading session. You can edit this number by clicking in the box and typing a number between 1 and 99.


Displays the number of consecutive prepositional phrases allowed in one proofreading session.


Displays the number of consecutive prepositional phrases allowed in one proofreading session. You can edit this number by clicking in the box and typing a number between 1 and 99.


Displays the number of long sentences allowed in one proofreading session.


Displays the number of long sentences allowed in one proofreading session. You can edit this number by clicking in the box and typing a number between 1 and 99.


Displays the allowed range of numbers to be spelled out in one proofreading session.


Displays the allowed range of numbers to be spelled out in one proofreading session. You can edit this number by clicking in the box and typing a number between 1 and 99.


Displays the number of words allowed in a split infinitive.


Displays the number of words allowed in a split infinitive. You can edit this number by clicking in the box and typing a number between 1 and 99.


Displays which formality level to use for a selected checking style.


Enable to set the Informal Formality Level.


Enable to set the Standard Formality Level.


Enable to set the Formal Formality Level.


Saves a custom checking style.


Saves changes made to a checking style.


Closes this dialog box without saving changes you have made.


Restores changes made to preset checking styles.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Lets you identify that the <subject> in the sentence is written in a passive voice. Consider revising the sentence to use an active voice.


Lets you type a new subject for the sentence.


Closes this dialog box.


Closes this dialog box without saving changes you have made.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Using rule classes

Rule classes contain groups of grammar and style rules. Grammatik uses rule classes to detect common writing errors.

You can enable or disable rule classes at any time during a Grammatik session. You can also choose which rule classes to apply during a Grammatik session, edit a rule class or save a new set of rules as a Checking Style.

For more information on rule classes and checking styles, see you main online Help.


Turn on rules


Using rule classes

Rule classes contain groups of grammar and style rules. Grammatik uses rule classes to detect common writing errors.

You can enable or disable rule classes at any time during a Grammatik session. You can also choose which rule classes to apply during a Grammatik session, edit a rule class or save a new set of rules as a Checking Style.

For more information on rule classes and checking styles, see you main online Help.


Displays a list of rules you can turn on. Grammatik then flags all errors pertaining to the rule.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Lets you save the current checking style.


Lets you specify a name for the current checking style.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Checking Styles - Save As


Displays the specified name for a custom checking style.


Closes this dialog box.


Closes this dialog box without saving changes you have made.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Parse Tree


Displays sentence parts of each word or group of words in a sentence.


Opens the Parts Of Speech dialog box.


Closes the dialog box.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Analyzing a document

Grammatik lets you analyze the grammatical structure of your writing. You can analyze parts of a sentence and parts of speech. When Grammatik analyzes parts of a sentence it assigns a sentence part to each word or group of words. When Grammatik analyzes parts of speech, it assigns a part of speech to each word in a sentence.

Grammatik provides three statistical reports: Basic Counts, Flagged List, and Readability Report. The Basic Counts report analyzes your writing style. The Flagged report displays the types of errors flagged in a document. The Readability report estimates the amount of skill required for a reader to understand a document.

For more information on Parse Tree, see your main online Help.


Parts of speech


Displays parts of speech in a sentence.


Displays the grammatical rule of each part of a sentence.


Opens the Parse Tree dialog box.


Closes the dialog box.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Analyzing a document

Grammatik lets you analyze the grammatical structure of your writing. You can analyze parts of a sentence and parts of speech. When Grammatik analyzes parts of a sentence it assigns a sentence part to each word or group of words. When Grammatik analyzes parts of speech, it assigns a part of speech to each word in a sentence.

Grammatik provides three statistical reports: Basic Counts, Flagged List, and Readability Report. The Basic Counts report analyzes your writing style. The Flagged report displays the types of errors flagged in a document. The Readability report estimates the amount of skill required for a reader to understand a document.

For more information on Parts Of Speech, see your main online Help.


Basic Counts dialog box


Opens the Readability report, which estimates the amount of skill required for a reader to understand your document.


Displays an analysis of the document.


Displays the number of syllables in the document.


Displays the number of words in the document.


Displays the number of sentences in the document.


Displays the number of paragraphs in the document.


Displays the number of short sentences in the document.


Displays the number of long sentences in the document.


Displays the number of simple sentences in the document.


Displays the number of big words in the document.


Displays the average number of syllables per word.


Displays the average number of words per sentence.


Displays the average number of sentences per paragraph.


Opens the Flagged report, which displays the types of errors flagged in the document.


Closes the dialog box.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Analyzing a document

Grammatik lets you analyze the grammatical structure of your writing. You can analyze parts of a sentence and parts of speech. When Grammatik analyzes parts of a sentence it assigns a sentence part to each word or group of words. When Grammatik analyzes parts of speech, it assigns a part of speech to each word in a sentence.

Grammatik provides three statistical reports: Basic Counts, Flagged List, and Readability Report. The Basic Counts report analyzes your writing style. The Flagged report displays the types of errors flagged in a document. The Readability report estimates the amount of skill required for a reader to understand a document.

For more information on the Basic Counts report, see your main online Help.


Flagged dialog box


Opens the Basic Counts report, which provides an analysis of your writing style.


Opens the Readability report, which estimates the amount of skill required for a reader to understand your document.


Closes the dialog box.


Displays the number of flags and the rule class to which they are associated in the document.


Displays potential error(s) in a document.


Displays the rule class associated with the error.


Displays the total number of errors flagged in the document.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Analyzing a document

Grammatik lets you analyze the grammatical structure of your writing. You can analyze parts of a sentence and parts of speech. When Grammatik analyzes parts of a sentence it assigns a sentence part to each word or group of words. When Grammatik analyzes parts of speech, it assigns a part of speech to each word in a sentence.

Grammatik provides three statistical reports: Basic Counts, Flagged List, and Readability Report. The Basic Counts report analyzes your writing style. The Flagged report displays the types of errors flagged in a document. The Readability report estimates the amount of skill required for a reader to understand a document.

For more information on the Flagged report, see your main online Help.


Readability dialog box


Reports the school grade level required for the reader to understand the text. A grade level of 6-10 is considered the most effective for a general audience. The grading compares your document with the readability formula.


Reports the percentage of finite phrases in a document. Too many passive constructions can make work difficult to understand.


Reports the complexity of a sentence in a document. Long sentences or sentences with complex structure can be difficult to understand.


Reports the complexity of the vocabulary in a document. Long or unusual words can be difficult to understand.


Lets you add a document to the list of comparison documents.


Lists the comparison documents that you can choose from.


Opens the Flagged report, which displays the types of errors flagged in the document.


Opens the Basic Counts report, which provides an analysis of your writing style.


Closes the dialog box.


Opens the online Help overview for this topic.


Analyzing a document

Grammatik lets you analyze the grammatical structure of your writing. You can analyze parts of a sentence and parts of speech. When Grammatik analyzes parts of a sentence it assigns a sentence part to each word or group of words. When Grammatik analyzes parts of speech, it assigns a part of speech to each word in a sentence.

Grammatik provides three statistical reports: Basic Counts, Flagged List, and Readability Report. The Basic Counts report analyzes your writing style. The Flagged report displays the types of errors flagged in a document. The Readability report estimates the amount of skill required for a reader to understand a document.

For more information on Readability, see your main online Help.


Spelling dialog box


Lets you replace the word displayed with the misspelled or mistyped word.


Displays the word to replace with the misspelled or mistyped word.


Lists replacement words from the current User Word List or dictionary.


Lists replacement words from the current User Word List.


Displays messages related to the error.


Displays a word not found in the current User Word List.


Depending on the task that you are performing you can start a spell check, resume a spell check, or substitute a word in the document with one that Spell Checker suggests.


Lets you ignore an error that you do not want to change.


Lets you ignore a word or phrase for the rest of the proofreading session.


Lets you add a word to the current User Word List.


Lets you add or edit a word to the current User Word List.


Lets you substitute correct words for misspelled or mistyped words automatically.


Lets you undo the last word or phrase replacement.


Lets you specify rules for checking your spelling.


Lets you specify what section Spell Checker checks.


Lists the ways Spell Checker can check your text.


Using Spell Checker

Spell Checker checks for misspelled words, duplicate words, and irregular capitalization in text selections.

Spell Checker lets you start and close a spell checking session at any time, replace a misspelled word with a suggested word, edit the word manually, or skip the word. You can also add replacements for words to User Word Lists. and Main Word Lists. Main Word Lists are lists of specialized words used by Spell Checker for a particular language, field, or company.

You can use the Spell Utility to create and edit a main word list for your business or field (such as medicine or law). The utility can be used to merge main word lists together and to convert main word lists (formerly called dictionaries) from previous formats. Main Word Lists are available only in Spell Checker.

You can customize Spell Checker settings so that it starts automatically, replaces words, beeps when it finds misspelled words, or offers phonetic word suggestions automatically.

For detailed information on using Spell Checker, see the Writing Tools main online Help.

For detailed information on using the Spell Utility, see the Spell Utility main online Help.


Grammatik dialog box


Lists replacement words from the current User Word List.


Lists replacement words from the current User Word List or dictionary.


Displays a new sentence using the selected word in the Replacements list box.


Displays a new sentence using the selected word in the Replacements list box.


Displays messages related to the error.


Displays messages related to the error.


Depending on the task that you are performing you can start a proofreading session, resume a proof reading session, or substitute a word in the document with one that Grammatik suggests.


Lets you ignore an error that you do not want to change.


Lets you ignore a word or phrase for the rest of the proofreading session.


Lets you add a word to the current User Word List.


Lets you substitute correct words for misspelled or mistyped words automatically.


Lets you undo the last word or phrase replacement.


Lets you specify rules for checking your grammar.


Lets you specify what section Grammatik checks.


Lets Grammatik stop looking for the requested language. The language is not added to the available language files.


Lists the ways Grammatik can check your text.


Displays that while the language is supported in writing tools, the specified .DLL is missing from the writing tools directory.


Using Grammatik

You can use Grammatik to check an entire document, or part of a document for grammar, spelling, and style errors.

You can replace a sentence that has a grammatical error with a suggested sentence, or you can skip the error once or for the rest of the current session. You can also disable the rule associated with the error, so that Grammatik does not flag errors of the same type.

You can choose a checking style designed for the type of writing you are checking, or you can create a customized checking style.

You can customize Grammatik to start automatically, to prompt you before it automatically replaces words, and to show spelling suggestions for misspelled words. You can also customize Grammatik to check an entire document, including headers, footers, and footnotes.

Grammatik also analyses the grammatical structure of a document and provides statistics about the writing style, the types of errors flagged in the document, and the level of readability of the text.

For detailed information on using Grammatik, see the Writing Tools main online Help.


Thesaurus dialog box


Lets you look up the word selected in the document.


Displays the word selected in the document.


Lets you replace and insert words from the Thesaurus list box to where the cursor is placed in the document.


Lets you scroll backwards when there are several Thesaurus windows open.


Lets you scroll forwards when there are several Thesaurus windows open.


Lets you specify rules for looking up words.


Displays the word and the look up options selected for that word.


Using Thesaurus

You can use Thesaurus to refine your writing. Thesaurus lets you look up options such as Synonyms, Antonyms, and Related Words.

Thesaurus replaces and inserts words in a document. The Insert button becomes a Replace button when you want to replace a word in a document with a word Thesaurus suggests. Thesaurus does not specify word forms for verbs that appear the same in both the present and past tense and words used as multiple parts of speech. Thesaurus lets you choose the correct word form to insert or replace in a document.

You can customize Thesaurus to automatically look up a word, help you with your spelling, or automatically close. You can also choose the language that you want to use, and set data files for that language for future use.

For detailed information on using Thesaurus, see the Writing Tools main online Help.


Lets you find the requested language file from Open dialog box or the Main Word Lists dialog box.


Lets Thesaurus stop looking for the requested language. The language is not added to the available language files.


Displays that the requested language file is not available or is not installed on your system.


Displays the language code of the file that cannot be found.


Lets you know that the language file in question cannot be found.


Lists correctly spelled words suggested by Spell Assist.


preferred spelling


Lets you use both old spelling and new spelling to look up words.


Lets you choose old spelling as the default spelling preference.


Lets you choose the new spelling as the default spelling preference.


Lets you choose a spelling preference to look up words in German.


Properties button - user word lists


Lets you set options for each word.


Enable to skip the word when checking or proofing a document.


Enable to substitute the word for misspelled or mistyped words.


Enable to mark the word as an exception. This is useful when you have multiple entries for one word.


Lets you add, delete, or edit a word in User Word List.


Lets you type a replacement for the word in the Word/Phrase box.


Lets you type comments for a particular word.


Closes this dialog box and saves any changes you have made.


Statistics dialog box - basic counts


Displays the name of the file that basic counts is analyzing.


Displays the name of the file that basic counts is analyzing.


Displays the analysis status of the file.


Displays that the file has been analyzed by zero percent.


Displays that the file has been analyzed by 50 percent.


Displays that the file has been analyzed by 100 percent.


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A Main Word List is a list of specialized words that Spell Checker uses for a particular language, company, or field (such as legal and medical). Spell Checker can search other Main Word Lists you have installed, such as medical word lists. You can create a Main Word List file using the Spell Utility.


A Document Word List contains words and phrases that you want Spell Checker to skip, replace, or display alternatives for in the current document only. Spell Checker scans this list first when you perform a spell check.


The Spell Utility lets you create and edit main word lists for your business or field (for example, the legal field). The utility also lets you join Main Word Lists and convert older versions of Main Word Lists (formerly called dictionaries) to the format used in the current version.


A User Word List is a list of words and phrases that Spell Checker and Grammatik use to check for errors. You can add words to a User Word List so that the writing tools will skip or replace these words, or display alternatives for them. For example, you can specify replacements for words that you often mistype or misspell. Or, you can add words (such as your name) that you don't want Spell Checker or Grammatik to flag as incorrect.

You can also create multiple User Word Lists. User Word List files have the extension .UWL.

Each document has its own User Word List, to which you can add words and phrases that pertain specifically to that document.

Spell Checker and Grammatik always scan the Document User Word List first.


A coordinate term is a type of general word for example, as "oak" is a type of "tree." Its coordinates are words that are also types of a more general word. For example, "bike" is a type of "motor vehicle;" some of its coordinates are "car," "truck," "tank," and "golf cart."


If spell checking is enabled during a proofreading session, Grammatik flags words it does not find in its dictionary or your User Word List. If a flagged word is spelled correctly and you use it often in your writing, click the Add button to add the word to your User Word List.


Use the options on the Analysis menu to analyze your writing style. The options are Parse Tree, Parts Of Speech, Basic Counts reports, Flagged reports, Readability reports.


Use Exit or Close to exit any open documents and then exit Grammatik.


Auto Replace lets you substitute correct words for misspelled or mistyped words. For example, if you tend to type "freind" instead of "friend," you can add "freind" to the User Word List. If Quick Correct is enabled, the word is automatically replaced every time you type it.


Replace lets you substitute a replacement word or phrase for an error Grammatik has detected.


Replace All lets you substitute a replacement word or phrase for every occurrence of an error.


Resume lets you continue checking your document after you have edited text manually.


Skip lets you ignore an error that you don't want to change. Grammatik skips the current error but flags other occurrences of the error.


The Consecutive Nouns option lets you specify how many consecutive nouns Grammatik allows before it flags an error. For example, if you set the value to 3, the following phrase is flagged as an error:

"quality assurance analysis report"


The Consecutive Prepositional Phrases options lets you specify how many consecutive prepositional phrases Grammatik allows before it flags an error. For example, if you set the value to three, the following sentence would be flagged as an error: "One of the many duties of the office of President of this company is to appear at all press conferences."


The Long Sentence Length option lets you specify how many words Grammatik allows in a sentence before it flags an error.


The Spell Numbers Below Or Equal To option lets you specify the range of numbers that should be spelled out ("nine") instead of written as a numeral ("9"). Set the value to 0 if you don't want numerals to be flagged as errors.


The Words Allowed In Split Infinitive option lets you specify how many words Grammatik allows in a split infinitive before it flags an error. Grammatik counts the number of words between the first word ("to") and the last word (base verb) of an infinitve, and reports an error when the number exceeds the maximum allowed. For example, if you set this value to 1, the phrase "to boldly go" is not flagged because only one word comes between "to" and "go." However, the phrase "to very boldly go" is flagged because two words are between the split infinitive.


Skip All lets you ignore a word or phrase for the rest of the proofreading session.


Start lets you begin proofreading.


Undo lets you undo the last word or phrase replacement.


An abbreviation is a shortened version of a word. For example: etc. is an abbreviation of etcetera.


An adjective modifies a noun. Example: a "good" book.


An adverb modifies a verb or an adjective. Examples: go "quickly," a "very" good book.


An auxiliary verb is a form of "be," "have," or "do." Examples: "is" coming, "had" not run, "did" he say.


A determiner is a type of adjective. Examples: "a," "an," "the," "some," "these," "any."


Comparative and superlative are forms of adjectives or adverbs that indicate a degree of comparison. Examples: happier, slowest.


A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses. Examples: the book "and" the pen, "because" it is late.


An infinitive is a verb form that uses "to" and a base verb. Examples: to read, to go.


An interjection is an exclamation. Examples: hi!, oh!, hey!


A modal is a type of auxiliary verb. Examples: will, must, can, should, might.


A number is a unit of measure. Examples of a number are: three, 497, 6:00.


The past is the past tense of a verb. Examples: He "wrote" the book. We "went" to the store.


A past participle is a past-tense form of a verb. Example: the note was "written" in ink.


A plural noun is the plural form of a noun. Examples of a plural noun are: "books," "children."


A possessive noun is a possessive form of a noun, indicating ownership. Examples: "dog's" leg, "students'" cars, "Joe's" son.


A preposition relates nouns and pronouns to other words. Examples: folder "of" notes, gift "for" you.


The third person is a present form of a verb. Examples: he "waits," she "brushes" her hair, "does" it sing.


A present participle is a form of a verb, usually created by adding "ing." Examples: He is "writing" a book. She is "going" to bed.


A pronoun takes the place of a noun. Examples: "I," "me," "you," "mine," "yourself," "these," "who," "which."


A punctuation clarifies the meaning of a phrase or statement by inserting punctuation marks. Examples: period (.), comma (,), question mark (?).


A singular noun is the name of one person, place, thing, or idea. Examples: "Tom," "Canada," "pen," "health."


A verb shows action or existence. Examples: "read" the book, it "is" informative.


A main clause is complete meaning without any other sentence component. Example: "We will have the meeting today."


A subordinate clause is also called a dependent clause. A subordinate clause cannot stand alone. It depends on another clause to complete its meaning. Example: We will have the meeting today, "since everyone is here."


A relative clause is a type of subordinate clause that acts like an adjective, describing a noun or pronoun before it. A relative clause usually starts with a relative pronoun like "who," "whom," or "what." Example: The employees "who used the dental plan" appreciated the change.


A Wh- Clause is referred is a specialized subordinate clause starting with "when," "how," "why," or "where." A wh-clause can act like a noun, an adverb, or an adjective. Examples: We knew "where she would go," I will tell you "when I go."


A that clause is a specialized subordinate clause starting with "that." Example: We were sure "that you would pay us."


The subject of a clause performs the action. A subject can be one word or several. Examples: "John" ran, "The cats" meowed, "All the children and their mothers" took naps.


A verb or verb phrase shows action in the verb. Verbs can contain one or several words. VERB is used for a single word. For example: John "ran." A VERB PHRASE is used when several words make up the verb. For example: He "has gone" (VERB PHRASE).


A direct object receives the action. Example: Bob gave her "an apple".


An Indirect Object tells "to whom" or "for whom." Example: Bob gave an apple to "her."


A prepositional phrase is a preposition and its object, plus any modifiers. Prepositional phrases usually function as adjectives, adverbs, or nouns. Example: We came back "for the second show."


A relative pronoun introduces a subordinate clause and links it with an independent clause. Example: The noise "that" scared you was made by the boy "who" lives next door.


A phrasal is a preposition that is part of a verb phrase, but separated from it. Example: put the book "down."


The Formal Formality Level is a formality level that uses strict rules of diction and usage.


The Informal Formality Level is a formality level that allows for relaxed use of the language; this level allows colloquial expressions.


The Standard Formality Level is a formality level that allows for moderate, everyday language.


A checking style is a preset writing style that Grammatik refers to when proofreading text. There are 11 preset checking styles. Depending on which checking style you choose, a specific set of proofreading criteria is used to check your document.


A rule class is a group of related grammar and style rules. Grammatik uses rule classes to detect common writing problems.


The Fiction checking style is a checking style that makes allowances for the writer's artistic license. Many rule classes are disabled, and informal language is acceptable. The Formality level is Informal.


The Advertising checking style is a checking style for advertising copy and other marketing literature designed to make a sale. The emphasis is on mechanics and grammatical accuracy rather than on style. Certain rule classes are disabled. The Formality level is Informal.


The Documentation Or Speech checking style is a checking style for documentation targeted at a general, non-scientific audience. Jargon and special terminology are challenged. It has a low passive voice threshold. The Formality level is Standard.


The Technical Or Scientific checking style is a checking style for scientific publications containing long, complex noun phrases and a technical vocabulary. The passive voice threshold is high. The Formality level is Formal.


The Informal Memo Or Letter checking style is a checking style for informal memos and letters. This style allows industry-specific jargon. The Formality level is Informal.


The Formal Memo or Letter checking style is a checking style that requires a formal tone and a strict interpretation of grammar and style rules. This style is appropriate for correspondence, meeting minutes, and legal documents. It requires language that is more formal than an inter-office memo. The Formality level is Formal.


The Student Composition checking style is a checking style for long documents. The Formality level is Formal.


The Spelling Plus checking style is a checking style that quickly checks for spelling errors and simple rules such as punctuation and capitalization. The Formality level is Standard.


The Quick Check checking style is the default checking style. This style is appropriate for most types of documents written for a general audience, such as general correspondence, informal reports, essays, and speeches. The Formality level is Standard.


The Very Strict checking style is a checking style for writing that requires a formal tone and a strict interpretation of grammar and style rules. This style is appropriate for correspondence, meeting minutes, and legal documents. The Formality level is Formal.


The Grammar-As-You-Go checking style marks words or phrases that indicate incorrect grammar or use as you type.


The Options menu items let you specify how Grammatik proofreads your documents.


A split infinitive is a verb in its infinitive form (to be, to run) that is split by intervening modifiers. For example, in the split infinitive "to boldly go," the adverb "boldly" splits the infinitive "to go."


A base verb is the form of a verb that comes after "to" in an infinitive, or after a modal like "would."


Synonyms are words with the same meaning. For example, if you look up "happy," Thesaurus lists words such as "glad," "carefree," and "lighthearted."


Antonyms are words with an opposite meaning. For example, if you look up "ugly," thesaurus lists words such as "attractive," "beautiful," and "pretty."


Related words are words that have a similar meaning to a word that you look up. For example, if you look up "old," Thesaurus lists words such as "senior," "original," and "outdated."


An example illustrates terms and rules. For example, if you look up "city," Thesaurus lists examples of cities, such as "New York City," "Tokyo," and "Paris."


The Show Phonetic Suggestions option lets you view a list of words that sound like the word in the Replace With (or Insert Word) box. For example, Spell Checker suggests words such as "trail," "trial," or "trill" to replace "traail."


Here are examples of how you can use the Adding Words to a User Word List feature:

•	If you often type incorrectly, you can define the correctly spelled word as a replacement. For example, you can specify "the" as a replacement for "hte."

•	You can replace abbreviations or acronyms with words or phrases. For example, you can define Chief Executive Officer as the replacement for the acronym CEO.

•	You can define multiple alternatives for a word. For example, you can define "United States of America," "United States," and "U.S.A." as replacements for the word "usa." During a spell checking or proofreading session, you can choose which alternative phrase you want to use to replace "usa."


Grammatik lets you change a passive sentence to an active sentence. For example, Grammatik suggests the following three replacements for the sentence "A good time was had:"

•	They had a good time

•	We had a good time

•	<SUBJECT> had a good time

If you choose a replacement that begins with <SUBJECT>, Grammatik prompts you to type a subject for the sentence.


Readability formula

Grammatik displays a readability formula based on the language used in your application. United States English uses the Flesch-Kincaid formula. This is a widely-used formula that determines the school grade level that a reader needs to understand a document. A grade level score of 6-10 is considered the most effective for a general audience.

Languages other than United States English may use different scoring systems. For example, UK English uses the Flesch Reading Ease Score. This number is high for readable writing and low for complex writing. Many companies require writing that matches one of the following Flesch Reading Ease Scores.

Score	Reading Difficulty

90-100	Very easy

80-90	Easy

70-80	Fairly easy

60-70	Standard

50-60	Fairly difficult

30-50	Difficult

0-30	Very difficult

The Flesch Reading Ease Score formula is as follows: 206.835 -- (1.015 x average words / sentence) -- (84.6 x average syllables / word)

•	passive voice [image] too many passive constructions can make your work boring or difficult to understand.

•	sentence complexity [image] long sentences or sentences with complex structure are often difficult to understand.

•	vocabulary complexity [image] long words or unusual words may be too difficult for most readers.


For example, to replace the verb "read" in the sentence "I read a magazine in the doctor's waiting room yesterday," with the correct form of the verb "peruse," choose "perused" from the Select Word Form dialog box. The sentence is now displayed as "I perused a magazine in the doctor's waiting room yesterday."


A hypernym is a superordinate of a word. For example, the hypernym of cat is animal.


A hyponym is a subordinate of a word. For example, the hyponym of animal is cat.


Related information gives you information related to a topic. For example, the related information of "tree" is "plants," "leaves," and "roots."


Cross references lets you find specific information from other documents. For example, you can use cross references to look up information on "trees" in a document that you are working in with information on "trees" from another document.


For example, you can use Phrases to ______________


The Description is the name of the language you want to add. For example, the description of "Danish," is "Danish."


The Language Code is a 2 character code on the right side of the language. For example, the language code for Croatian is "HR."


For example, "read," which appears the same when you use it in the sentence "I am going to read that book tomorrow," and in the sentence "I read that book yesterday."


For example, "wonder," which appears the same when you use it in the sentence "I wonder what is going to happen today," and in the sentence "I looked upon the scene with wonder."