Language tools > Duden Korrektor > Using the Duden grammar check

The Duden Korrektor also has a grammar check in addition to the spell check and hyphenation modules.

This works according to the same principle as the option Check spelling as you type. However, it searches for grammatical errors rather than spelling errors. If an error is found, the grammar check marks it with a green underline.

Note: The Duden grammar check only works for text in the language "German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, etc.)".

Enabling the Duden grammar check

To enable the Duden grammar check, choose the ribbon command File | Options to open the dialog box, switch to the Language tab and enable the option Use Duden Korrektor for German grammar check.

Tip: Alternatively, open the dialog box with the ribbon command Review | Spell check | Settings.

From now on, the grammar check permanently checks the entire document in the background for grammatical errors. It not only detects existing errors, but also immediately checks text changes and new entries for errors – with the following restriction:

Note: When editing and adding text, note that the grammar check in Write always works in paragraphs. Thus, when you edit the content of a paragraph, its grammar is only checked when you leave the paragraph – for example, when you move the cursor out with the direction keys, click outside the paragraph or start a new paragraph with the Enter key↵.

Note: It should also be noted that checking the grammar of a text is a very complex task, even for the most modern computers. Thus, the grammar check may occasionally consider formulations to be wrong when they are actually correct. In such cases, simply use the command Ignore rule here (see below).

Correcting grammatical errors

Sentences with a grammatical error are marked on the screen with a green underline. This allows you to see all grammatical errors at a glance so that you can either correct them immediately or at a later time.

To correct a grammatical error, just manually edit the part of the sentence that is underlined in green.

Tip: If you hover over a grammatical error (without clicking), the program will display an info box with an explanation of the error.

By right-clicking on a grammatical error, you can also open a context menu that contains the following functions:

Item	Function
List of suggestions	For some types of grammar errors, a suggestion for the correct spelling is offered at the top of the menu. If you click on it, the incorrect text will be replaced accordingly.
Info	This option displays explanations of the grammatical error.
Ignore rule here	This option ignores the applied grammatical rule at this one point and removes the green underline. This command is especially useful when the grammar check has incorrectly underlined text in green that is actually correct.
Always ignore rule	This option always ignores the applied grammar rule from now on in all documents. Use this command if you want the grammar check to generally ignore a particular grammatical rule. Write remembers this change permanently. (However, you can re-enable disabled rules in the Options dialog box of Duden Korrektor at any time. For more information, see Configuring Duden Korrektor.)

Tip: Jumping to the previous/next grammatical error

When the grammar check has been enabled, the three buttons in the lower right corner of the document window can also be used to jump to the previous/next grammatical error.

Click on the button with the red dot. A small menu appears. Select the option Spelling error from it.

You can now use the buttons as follows:

▪Click on the up arrow to jump to the previous grammatical error.

▪Click on the down arrow to jump to the next grammatical error.

For more information on these three buttons, see Go to....

Note: If you have also enabled Check spelling as you type, the arrows will jump to the previous/next spelling error or grammatical error.