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Hi. I usually send competition entries by snail-mail but have a query re e-mail submissions.
Once I've ignored the computer's colourful underlining for one-word sentances and all the other stuff computers throw wobblies at, I have a feeling that once e-mailed, all the underlinings etc appear on the recipient's document. Is this the case? And if so, does it mean that the judges will decide it's grammatically incorrect and discard it without reading it?
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Once I've ignored the computer's colourful underlining for one-word sentances and all the other stuff computers throw wobblies at, I have a feeling that once e-mailed, all the underlinings etc appear on the recipient's document. Is this the case? And if so, does it mean that the judges will decide it's grammatically incorrect and discard it without reading it?
If in any doubt, try emailing a copy to a friend or partner - doesn't have to be the work in question, just a piece of nonsense. That way you can set your mind at rest.
I THINK if you do all the corrections and turn 'off' the spellcheck then it arrives underlining-less... but I'm not certain about this! It works on my computer...
Sometimes it is just unusual words and the wretched 'fragment' remark which I'm sure is understood by the judges.
Thanks Anna for the question.
Posting word documents, other than in Mocrosoft word, should escape the gaudy decorative colouring.