http://eloquentscience.com/2010/02/did-you-know/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:26:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://eloquentscience.com/2010/02/did-you-know/#comment-105 Prof. David M. Schultz Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:02:38 +0000 http://eloquentscience.com/?p=171#comment-105 I think I just figured out why "a climatology" is flagged by a green underline in Word for grammar. If you replace "a climatology" with "a climatological study," you get no underlining. If you replace "a climatology" with "a meteorology," then you get underlining. Clearly, Word must recognize that a subject to be studied (ending in -ology) does not need an "a" in front of it. I think I just figured out why “a climatology” is flagged by a green underline in Word for grammar. If you replace “a climatology” with “a climatological study,” you get no underlining. If you replace “a climatology” with “a meteorology,” then you get underlining. Clearly, Word must recognize that a subject to be studied (ending in -ology) does not need an “a” in front of it.

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