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

And you don't use periods for e.g. and i.e. ?




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If the abbreviation were MR and pronounced as separate letters rather than
> "Mister," I might be more inclined to agree with you.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
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> Fairhope, Alabama USA
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> "Jezebel" <warcrimes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:u5usU3X6FHA.3924@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> As in
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>> > Fairhope, Alabama U.S.A.
>> > Word M.V.P. F.A.Q.
>>
>> ?
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>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23KpxzxX6FHA.1188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > "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.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> > Words into Type
>> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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>> > "Jezebel" <warcrimes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:uqYEgEW6FHA.2828@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> It might be normal. That doesn't make it good.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Tony Jollans" <My Forename at My Surname dot com> wrote in message
>> >> news:ueD$4nV6FHA.2896@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >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.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Enjoy,
>> >> > Tony
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Greg Maxey" <gmaxey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> > news:uvYsqJM6FHA.808@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> 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?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Greg Maxey/Word MVP
>> >> >> See:
>> >> >> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
>> >> >> For some helpful tips using Word.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Jezebel wrote:
>> >> >> > 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" <gmaxey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> >> > news:urrdEXL6FHA.3592@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> >> That doesn't work so well Jezebel.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Consider:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> How did Mr. Smith get to Washington?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> That is not two sentences.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> --
>> >> >> >> Greg Maxey/Word MVP
>> >> >> >> See:
>> >> >> >> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
>> >> >> >> For some helpful tips using Word.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Jezebel wrote:
>> >> >> >>> It is VBA, but all it takes in a macro is
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> msgbox("Sentences = " & activedocument.Sentences.Count)
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> >> >>> news:%23FAlp%23K6FHA.252@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> >>>> 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.
>> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >>>> --
>> >> >> >>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> >> >> >>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> >> >> >>>> Words into Type
>> >> >> >>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> >> >> >>>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>> >> >> >>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to
>> >> >> >>>> the
>> >> >> >>>> newsgroup so
>> >> >> >>>> all may benefit.
>> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >>>> "Greg Maxey" <gmaxey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> >> >>>> news:%238IeEOJ6FHA.884@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> >>>>> 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/Word MVP
>> >> >> >>>>> See:
>> >> >> >>>>> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
>> >> >> >>>>> For some helpful tips using Word.
>> >> >> >>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
>> >> >> >>>>>> 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.
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>> "garfield-n-odie" <garfieldnodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote
>> >> >> >>>>>> in message
>> >> >> >>>>>> news:OTdM6IH6FHA.636@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> >>>>>>> This feature already exists within Word, so there is no
>> >> >> >>>>>>> need
>> > for
>> >> >> >>>>>>> you to suggest it to Microsoft.
>> >> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>> Connor wrote:
>> >> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>>> 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.
>> >> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>>> ----------------
>> >> >> >>>>>>>> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft
>> > responds
>> >> >> >>>>>>>> to the
>> >> >> >>>>>>>> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this
> suggestion,
>> >> >> >>>>>>>> click the
>> >> >> >>>>>> "I
>> >> >> >>>>>>>> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
>> >> >> >>>>>>>> button, follow
>> >> >> >>>>>> this
>> >> >> >>>>>>>> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based
>> >> >> >>>>>>>> Newsreader and
>> >> >> >>>>>> then
>> >> >> >>>>>>>> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>> >> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >
>> >
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=37c24710-01
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