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Question

Spelling/grammar check In MAIL

Jan 2, 2012 2:27PM PST

I confused about the grammar checking in Mac Mail as it doesn't work, spell check does but grammar doesn't, there is NO green underlines

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In Mail Preferences,
Jan 2, 2012 9:01PM PST

under Composing, select an option from the "Check Spelling" pop-up menu

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Still no luck
Jan 3, 2012 7:53AM PST

That option is ON but still doesn't check for grammar, only spelling.

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Checking Spelling and Grammar in Apple Mail
Jan 3, 2012 5:09AM PST

To have Mail check automatically:
<div>Choose Mail > Preferences, click Composing, and then select an option from the "Check spelling" pop-up menu.







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No luck
Jan 3, 2012 7:55AM PST

Yes check the options in the prefs and the menu edit but still doesn't check the grammar in Mail.

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Checking Grammar
Jan 3, 2012 10:34AM PST

@davina85,

I agree it is rubbish. I did manage to get it to check grammar once but all it advised was that it seemed to be a sentence fragment. Hardly helpful. I found it hard to construct a bad sentence but did manage an awful one in the end.

For the moment, that is the Apple solution to grammar checking.

regards,
centurion48