Word's word count feature should be able to count sentences also

[Guest]

When i do my weekly composition for seventh grade it has to be a minimum of
fifteen sentences. If the word count feature could count sentences as well, I
would not have to do it manually.

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[garfield-n-odie]

This feature already exists within Word, so there is no need for
you to suggest it to Microsoft.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Does it? Word Count counts pages, words, characters (with and without
spaces), paragraphs, and lines, but not sentences. But if Word tried to
count sentences, most users would not be satisfied because it would have to
count anything ending in a period as a sentence, which is what it does when
you use Ctrl+click to select a sentence, and this includes the periods after
abbreviations.

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[Greg Maxey]

Look at readability statistics. Tools>Options>Spelling and Grammar and
check Show readability statistics. Consider the following:

Did Mr. Smith go to Washington? I don't know Mrs. Jones; you will have to
ask Mr. Smith.


Tools>Spelling and Grammar.

Words: 18
Characters: 71
Paragraphs: 1
Sentences: 2

 

[Greg Maxey]

Then with VBA I suppose you could use:

Sub CountSentences()
MsgBox ActiveDocument.ReadabilityStatistics(4).Value
'Instead of
MsgBox ActiveDocument.Sentences.Count
End Sub

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I suspected this might be available through the readability statistics, but
(short of VBA) there's no way to access those without checking grammar,
which is a huge PITA.

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[Jezebel]

It is VBA, but all it takes in a macro is

msgbox("Sentences = " & activedocument.Sentences.Count)

 

[Greg Maxey]

That doesn't work so well Jezebel.

Consider:

How did Mr. Smith get to Washington?

That is not two sentences.

 

[Jezebel]

Word's estimate of sentences is necessarily a somewhat fuzzy piece of logic;
abbreviations -- or superfluous periods, as in your example -- are always
going to be problematic.

 

[Greg Maxey]

It is less problematic if you refer back and use one of the other methods
recommended in this discussion.

Sub CountSentences()
MsgBox ActiveDocument.ReadabilityStatistics(4).Value
'Instead of
MsgBox ActiveDocument.Sentences.Count
End Sub

 

[Greg Maxey]

While slightly off subject, what is superfluous about the period following
"Mr" in my example? Are you saying that it isn't necessary and that simply
Mr will do or is it tied to your greater aversion to abbreviations in
general and that Mister should be used in the example to avoid confusion?

 

[Jezebel]

The former.

While slightly off subject, what is superfluous about the period following
"Mr" in my example? Are you saying that it isn't necessary and that
simply Mr will do or is it tied to your greater aversion to abbreviations
in general and that Mister should be used in the example to avoid
confusion?

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For some helpful tips using Word.

 

[Greg Maxey]

In either case the example isn't problematic using :

MsgBox ActiveDocument.ReadabilityStatistics(4).Value

 

[Jezebel]

No argument there.

In either case the example isn't problematic using :

MsgBox ActiveDocument.ReadabilityStatistics(4).Value


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[Tony Jollans]

I think this is a difference in English vs.American usage. In UK English Mr
(without the full stop) is good; in US English Mr. (with the period) is
normal.

 

[Jezebel]

It might be normal. That doesn't make it good.

I think this is a difference in English vs.American usage. In UK English Mr
(without the full stop) is good; in US English Mr. (with the period) is
normal.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

"Good" in this case can be defined as "what you're used to." "Mr." is an
abbreviation; as such, we USians believe it needs a period.

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Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Jezebel]

As in

Fairhope, Alabama U.S.A.
Word M.V.P. F.A.Q.

?

 

[Greg Maxey]

Actually Tony didn't say it was good. He said UK usage without the period
is good and U.S. usage with the period (in the U.S.) is normal. That
clarified, I really don't know what point Jezebel was trying to make.

 

[Jezebel]

It's not a point. It's a period.

Actually Tony didn't say it was good. He said UK usage without the period
is good and U.S. usage with the period (in the U.S.) is normal. That
clarified, I really don't know what point Jezebel was trying to make.

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