How should I correct this sentence?
I am writing a formal article. Microsoft Word shows that the sentence below is grammatically wrong and change "can" into "cans". I don't think it's right but I don't know how should I correct this? Thanks~

"The first of these projects was an intelligent traffic light that—in addition to its basic functions as a traffic signal—can also show time, temperature, and humidity as well as count vehicles. "

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How should I correct this sentence?
I am writing a formal article. Microsoft Word shows that the sentence below is grammatically wrong and change "can" into "cans". I don't think it's right but I don't know how should I correct this? Thanks~

"The first of these projects was an intelligent traffic light that—in addition to its basic functions as a traffic signal—can also show time, temperature, and humidity as well as count vehicles. "

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You've used hyphens instead of commas, so Word thinks that that one sentence is three different different sentences. Replace the hyphens with commas and it should be fine.

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"The first among these projects was an intelligent traffic light which can show time, temperature, and humidity as well as counting vehicles, in addition to its basic functions as a traffic signal.”

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Microsoft Word is changing "can" into "cans" because you should have space between "signal" , "-" and "can". When  you are using "-" with no space between the left and right words, usually it's a noun and it tries to duplicate. My M Word is doing the same. Try to put space, Hope it will work.

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