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Firstly, there is no such thing as Microsoft WordPerfect9. WordPerfect9 was produced by Corel Corporation. Secondly, if I paste the phrase,
“I am trying to understand the connotations of this particular usage of the English language.”, into my copy of WordPerfect, and run both the spell checker and the grammar checker, the sentence passes without a single error being flagged. Perhaps you could give the exact phrase that is being flagged by your software?
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I am positive that Microsoft doesn't sell a product called "WordPerfect".
EDIT - I am a looser... Hi, juan!
EDIT# 2 - Join the club, jheem
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It used to be sold by Corel.
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>It used to be sold by Corel.
Having in my possession WordPerfect versions 9, 10, 11, and 12, I can repeat that WordPerfect is still a product of Corel.
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Then please, by all means, go ahead and do so.
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Sorry, sjmaxq, didn't mean to impune your word processor. Is WordPerfect 9 still being sold by Corel? 
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>. Is WordPerfect 9 still being sold by Corel? No. Only 11 and pre-orders for 12. The only place I know of still selling WP9 is ebay, although I would be happy to accept offers for mine. 
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I do apologize, you are correct it is Corel not Microsoft.
As for the sentence “I am trying to understand the connotations of this particular usage of the English language.” the grammar check says what I posted earlier. It also says the same thing when I use any sentence with “I am” with in it.
The sentence that spurred me into asking my question here at AWAD was, “As I stated earlier, if I am incorrect in this it is understandable for I am the student and you are the teacher.
It does not matter what the sentence is that I employ the usage of “I am” within, I am given this exact same message.
Thus I was curious as to the correct connotations surrounding the proper usage of the words and as to wether or not they should be placed next to each other or if it was a phoepah (sp?) .
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Just remembered the correct spelling, it is Fau Paux, I do apologise for that mis-spell.
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Just a guess, but is your WordPerfect using an English dictionary and/or grammar checker? I believe the phrase you're looking for is faux pas French for mistep (literally 'false step').
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