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Hello,

I invite your comment why MS Word shows an error on following sentence structure.

Thus, kindly contact AOL to inquire about this.

My guess is that this is because it is a part of another sentence and should not be treated as a new sentence. Correct me if I am wrong.

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MS Word often does not know many things about human language, Peter. The sentence sounds correct to me, but if underlining is irritating for you, you can re-arrange it like that:

Thus, kindly contact AOL should you have any questions.

OR:

Thus kindly contact AOL for any queries about this.

The latter is used quite often in formal business letter or ads.
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It probably thinks it's a fragment because it isn't recognising 'contact' as a verb because there's no subject, compounded by the fact that it can also be a noun. The grammar check can often recognise things wrongly as fragments.
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Hello,

Thanks for your clarification.

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