Do grammar settings in one document apply to all others?

[Guest]

I use Microsoft Word 2003 for both writing fiction and writing college
papers. If I am checking grammar, and Word spots a fragment in my fiction
writing, I ignore it once -- in writing realistic dialogue, fragments are a
necessity. If I were to click "ignore rule," would it apply only to that
document, or would it then ignore that rule in any document I check with the
program?

As I use this for writing papers for class, as well as fiction, I can't
afford to click "ignore rule" if it's a global effect.

Hope someone out there has an answer to this one -- my finger is about to go
numb from clicking "ignore once!"

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Ignore, like ignore in spelling, only applies to the document. However, if
you are actually relying on the grammar checker, you are likely to be
surprised. It is a most imperfect tool.
--
Charles Kenyon

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[Guest]

Ah, thanks.

And no, I don't really rely on grammar checker -- but it does tend to catch
my more glaring errors -- and it helps with my seemingly permanent case of
"comma-overuse syndrome."

I quit trusting it on "subject/verb agreement" (and most other things) the
day it suggested that the sentance "I don't think it's likely, miss," should
read "Me don't think it's likely, miss." [No, I'm NOT joking!] Since then,
I've used it to catch missed capitalization (fingers outrun brain, on
occasion) extra spaces, comma errors and fragments, and very little else.

Thanks for the information -- definitely a help!

CSL