Grammar? What the heck is wrong with Microsoft Word (or me)?

Question

Please change this sentence to something that will make grammatical sense.

Clearly visible under the shoe, a part of the heel peels away to reveal the true underside of this piece of footgear.



Do not use since, when, while, because, after, who, whose, whom, which, that, as if, as, if, will, have, has, had is, are, was, were, be, being, been, seems, looks, appears, smells, feels, tastes, I, you, our, we, us.

This MUST be a single subject, and the subject MUST be the part of the sole.

The verbs must be action verbs, and they have to be basic present tense (just the word, or the word + "s" at the end).

Wow... I guess I wasn't specific enough. The document cannot have one sentence start with the same word as another sentence. Which means no using a, its, jumping, at, inside, gradually, frayed, splitting, wrinkled, fabric, shedding.

Everybody I have given a low rating on is somebody who violated the terms... Except for Diane. I retyped it, and it still said it was grammatically incorrect. So is it still a problem with me, or Microsoft Word?

It actually says QWERTY's phrase is grammatically correct... But I'm still looking for answers just because his phrase sounds QUEERY.

No using articles at the beginning of the sentence. (the, a, an)

Answer 1

I assume that your problem is a dangling participle. As given, the sentence *is* grammatically correct -- but I gather it's not describing what you want. As given, it states that a part of the heel is clearly visible under the shoe.

You haven't stated the required semantics; I'll assume that the participle should modify "underside." In this case, you need to rearrange the sentence to juxtapose the modifier and its object.

Would the following work?
On this piece of footgear, a part of the heel peels away to reveal the true underside, clearly visible under the shoe.

I'm not sure how a part of the shoe can be visible under the shoe: under the heel and/or sole, perhaps, but not under the entire shoe. Again, knowing the desired semantics would help me solve this.

Also, put not thy faith in MS grammar checking. I've given up on the facility, as it fails to capture the complexity of everyday English discourse well enough to handle even my technical papers. I'll admit it has improved over the years; these days, nearly half of what it flags in my work is truly in need of rewriting -- although less than 20% is actually incorrect.

Answer 2

Clearly visible under the shoe, then a part of the heel peels away to reveal the true underside of this piece of footgear.

Answer 3

Those restrictions pretty much guarantee the sentence is going to be convoluted and, basically, terrible. Given that:

A part of the heel, clearly visible under the shoe, peels away to reveal the true underside of the shoe.

(It's permissible to repeat a word in a sentence if the alternative is... well, let's say "not desirable" and let it go at that.)

Answer 4

Clearly visible under the shoe is a part of the heel that peels away to reveal the true underside of this piece of footgear.

Answer 5

A clearly visible part of the heel peeled away to reveal the true underside of this shoe.

Answer 6

The basic sentence is, The heel peels away to reveal the underside of the shoe.

Add only the necessary details.

Answer 7

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