wordiness ect on microsoft word

[nix-j-c]

when i was typing some coursework up, a green line came up indicating a grammar mistake.

when i clicked on it, it said 'wordiness, consider revising'

what does this mean and why has it only just started coming up. i think it said something like ,consider revising word order, before. why has it suddeny changed and does it mean the same?

[nix-j-c]

plus i'm sure i'm getting more green lines than i used to. but this doesnt make sense.

[sophie_1003]

I've never had that one come up before! Maybe the sentence repeated itself? Could you put the section on here and it may help answerers to see what Word (in its infinite wisdom!) means.
As for getting more grammatical errors, maybe you're trying to get more complex thoughts across than you had before and they're not 'cominng out' very well?

[Lil O'lady]

Plus, you must remember that American English does not dictate the language, so if you are pleased with your turn of phrase, simply right-click / ignore all

[ChuckFickens]

wordiness means that MS word (in it's wisdom!!!) has decided you have used a sentence (or term) with redundant words in it. for example

reconsider again

the word reconsider would already imply that it has been considered before so the word "again" is redundant

or

past history

Well you can't have anything but past history so the word "past" is not needed.

[nix-j-c]

its ok i reworded it.

i reread it several times and eventualyi worked out that it didnt make sense.