words spelled correctly in pages show up with red

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words spelled correctly in pages show up with red

Words spelled correctly in pages document are showing up with red line underneath. This has been happening in the last week, when I press control + click there are no alternate words being suggested, or any spelling and grammar option to be engaged.

This appears to be happening since I upgraded to Mojave Version: 10.14.1 (18B75) / MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) / Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 / Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Any help would be appreciated.

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Posted on Nov 6, 2018 9:04 AM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

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Nov 6, 2018 9:27 AM in response to 5pines

Pages v7.2 will underline words in red whose grammatical usage is incorrect for the sentence. Though it would certainly help to have grammatical errors underlined in green, using a red underline for spelling and grammar introduces unnecessary confusion.

Select the sentence or paragraph, and then Edit menu : Spelling and Grammar : Show Spelling and Grammar to see if there is any usage warning provided.

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Answer 2

VikingOSX

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Nov 6, 2018 10:11 AM in response to 5pines

I just posted something to the Pages Product team about restoring a green underscore for grammatical errors. As a writer, you may want a more robust grammar checker to use in concert with Pages. The following may be of help:

Grammarly (requires free Grammarly account) Mac Client or browser extension.
Linguisoft's Grammarian Pro2 X (Mojave ready) free trial, and purchase.
Works with Pages v7.2 on Mojave 10.14.1 (tested Sat 2018-11-03)
Any grammar checker in the Mac App Store that meets your needs.

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Answer 3

5pines Author

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Nov 6, 2018 9:34 AM in response to VikingOSX

Thank you for your prompt reply. In this instance I am using the word "it's", it is a possessive usage and correct, yet it is called out as misspelled. I did select the sentence, and went to Edit menu : Spelling and Grammar. What should I do now. It says " this word may not agree with the rest of the sentence".

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Answer 4

5pines Author

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Nov 6, 2018 9:55 AM in response to VikingOSX

So it appears to be an update issue related to pages. I am a writer, and my present document is 400 pages and growing, I love pages, it is cross platform more benevolent as a creative writing tool, so I hope they update this matter soon. Again, thanks for your very kind replies.

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