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Spell And/Or Hyphenate Possessive Or Plural W
DocumentID: 651068
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:04 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: Speller does not flag words such as ME'S or I'S as incorrect. Also, WordPerfect will not hyphenate words with an apostrophe s ('s). For example, WP will hyphenate WORDPERFECT, but not WORDPERFECT'S. Solutions: The words Me's and I's are not being caught by the Speller because WP does not have the ability to check for grammatical errors. The words Me and I are contained in WordPerfect's dictionary. The program simply considers 's, (apostrophe s), an acceptable suffix to create a possessive or plural form of any word. For example: "There are four i's in the word Mississippi." It is for much the same reason that WordPerfect has a difficult time hyphenating words with an apostrophe s ('s). WP's hyphenation dictionary only contains the hyphenation rules for the root of the word. This can be overcome by going in and adding the variations of words to the dictionary.

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