Why are single letters not flagged as misspelled?

[Guest]

If you are to type a sentence, "The quick brown fox e jumped over the lazy
dog", Word 2003 does not catch the "e" as a misspelled word nor does it catch
it as a grammer mistake. This seems to be true with any single letter;
substitute the "e" above for a "t" or an "s" and it still slips by.

Why is this? Any way to change it?

 

[Luc]

Dustin,
It's by design, single letters are not flagged because they are often used
in numbering.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

As Luc said, because single letters may be used for "numbering"

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

They can also be used as words.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Sorry, that was not quite the question that you asked which was:

"I wonder why this cannot be changed. Any ideas?"

The answers provided are valid answers to that question.

AFAIK it cannot be changed.

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