Re: Weird little problem!

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On 05/04/2007 at 00:11 you wrote concerning
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Hi Henry,

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HB>; Careful with the grammar checker. I don't think they've updated it since
HB> they bought Grammatik (which is what it is) in the late 70's. Some of
HB> its advice is erroneous. The language person who writes weekly in The
HB> Boston Globe did a whole column about it with a follow-up about a month
HB> ago. She was able to get it to produce numerous errors. And I had to
HB> fight with an author whose manuscript I was editing because I was fixing
HB> a problem in her text, Word was flagging it, and she was changing it back.

The only grammar checker I've ever used was "Proper Grammar II" which was
produced by SoftWood, Inc. along with Final Writer and Final Copy. I liked it
very much even though it would always complain mightily about my 'overuse' of
the passive tense. And there were other flaws, but, on the whole, I found it
very useful to check a document that I had written. Sometimes it would pick up
some really stupid errors -- as a verb tense which implies 'singular' whereas
the noun is plural, etc.

Are there any good grammar checkers hanging around that can be used with OS4.0?

Those software products from SoftWood were really very good for their time. I
recall using Pen Pal which for simple things was great. Wonder where Woody
Williams and his guys went!?!?

Cheers Don (Green Dragon)
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> The only grammar checker I've ever used was "Proper Grammar II" which was
> produced by SoftWood, Inc. along with Final Writer and Final Copy. I
> liked it very much even though it would always complain mightily about my
> 'overuse' of the passive tense. And there were other flaws, but, on the
> whole, I found it very useful to check a document that I had written.
> Sometimes it would pick up some really stupid errors -- as a verb tense
> which implies 'singular' whereas the noun is plural, etc.
>;
> Are there any good grammar checkers hanging around that can be used with
> OS4.0?
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> Those software products from SoftWood were really very good for their
> time. I recall using Pen Pal which for simple things was great. Wonder
> where Woody Williams and his guys went!?!?

They were *great*! Don't forget Final Calc, by Khalid Aldoseri.

I have discovered a talent for making typos that regularly spell correctly
a different word than I was thinking, so they aren't picked up by
spell-checkers. The grammar-checker ought to find them, though.

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