Strange Sentence

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 11 May 2009 20:29

I've just done an Individual Narrative Report and it has the following sentence :-

'At some point he and XXX were an unmarried couple'.

Can I change it to 'They were an unmarried couple'? or is it a blip in the programme?

Margaret

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YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 11 May 2009 21:47

Just turn off the automatic sentence option and add your own family event

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 12 May 2009 06:32

Thank you Jane,

I tried that and it took out everything that didn't have a date which I didn't want and I couldn't see how to add a sentence.

Did I do it correctly? As far as I know I only have this one couple living together that I need the sentence changed for. I'm quite happy for the sentence to read 'at some point they got married' if I haven't got a marriage date for any of the others.

Margaret

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 12 May 2009 06:50

In report options is a option to auto generate sentences, you can turn off the sentence there. As far as I know you can not currently customise the sentence.

It's triggered by the marriage state field.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 12 May 2009 08:13

Thanks Jane, I've managed it - I think, I mis-interpreted the bit of your reply about 'adding a family event'.

Is this sentence structure one for the Wish List as I've noticed another one, when a couple only have one child the sentence still reads 'They had the following children'.

Margaret

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