Word should say "Spelling and grammar check ARE complete" not "is"

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Word returns the message "Spelling and grammar check is complete". I know
it's referring collectively to a tool, but the sentence has two subjects so
the plural "are" should be used. I wonder if I typed "spelling and grammar
check is complete" in a word document, would spell check catch it.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

"Spelling and grammar check" is singular; "spelling and grammar checks"
would be plural.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Word returns the message "Spelling and grammar check is complete". I know
it's referring collectively to a tool, but the sentence has two subjects so
the plural "are" should be used. I wonder if I typed "spelling and grammar
check is complete" in a word document, would spell check catch it.

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