http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpchn/post.htm#492010Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:44:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:492010Clive4http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpchn/post.htm#492010http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-492010.xml<p>Hi again,</p> <p><font color="#0000ff">Ok, Clive, but the comma didn&#39;t make the green go away. Is it just the computer being a computer or is there some super-advanced grammar rule I&#39;m violating?&nbsp;</font></p> <p><font color="#000000">I tried your sentence in my version of MS Word and got the green. Then I added the comma and the green vanished.&nbsp; We must have different versions of Word.</font></p> <p>I wouldn&#39;t&#39;say a comma is absolutely necessary, although I rather think I&#39;d put one. Just ignore the green if you want to.</p> <p>Clive</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcgq/post.htm#491996Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:36:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491996Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcgq/post.htm#491996http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491996.xml&nbsp;Well, the extra &quot;s&quot; didn&#39;t do anything for me, so I suppose I&#39;ll just have to ignore it. Thanks.&nbsp;<img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcgn/post.htm#491993Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:31:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491993Susankay3http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcgn/post.htm#491993http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491993.xml<p>shouldn&#39;t it be smallpox immunization<u>s</u> ?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcgg/post.htm#491986Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:24:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491986Grammar Geek4http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcgg/post.htm#491986http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491986.xml<p>This is one of the times you right click and choose &quot;ignore.&quot;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpczx/post.htm#491977Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:22:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491977Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpczx/post.htm#491977http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491977.xmlOk, Clive, but the comma didn&#39;t make the green go away. Is it just the computer being a computer or is there some super-advanced grammar rule I&#39;m violating? &nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcvh/post.htm#491953Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:46:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491953Cool Breeze5http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcvh/post.htm#491953http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491953.xml&nbsp;I see nothing ungrammatical in your sentence.</p><p>CB&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcvg/post.htm#491952Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:45:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491952Clive6http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcvg/post.htm#491952http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491952.xml<p>Hi,</p> <p><font color="#0000ff">I&#39;m typing a paper for my history class using Microsoft Word, and I found that this sentence is underlined in green and is considered a fragment: <span>In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States due to the vaccine’s incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox. </span></font></p> <p><span>Just add a comma as I&#39;ve shown, and the green will go away.&nbsp;<img src="http://www.englishforums.com/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /></span></p> <p><span><strong>&nbsp;<span>In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States<font color="#ff0000">,</font> due to the vaccine’s incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox. </span></strong></span></p> <p><span><span>For style, I would replace the second word &#39;smallpox&#39; with the pronoun &#39;it&#39;.</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Best wishes, Clive</span></span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcdm/post.htmSat, 22 Mar 2008 20:47:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:491941Anonymous7http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatsWrongWithMySentence/zpcdm/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-491941.xmlI&#39;m typing a paper for my history class using Microsoft Word, and I found that this sentence is underlined in green and is considered a fragment: <span>In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States due to the vaccine’s incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox. </span>Help would be great.<div style="clear:both;"></div>