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Thread poster: Colin Ryan (X)
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Sep 27, 2005

Hi,
I'm thinking of investing in an automated English grammar checker to help accelerate revisions (especially post-translation). The grammar checker in Word is not very good (have a look at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/217802_grammar28.asp for an entertaining article about it). Does anyone use a third-party grammar checker and, if so, can you recommend it? (I'... See more
Hi,
I'm thinking of investing in an automated English grammar checker to help accelerate revisions (especially post-translation). The grammar checker in Word is not very good (have a look at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/217802_grammar28.asp for an entertaining article about it). Does anyone use a third-party grammar checker and, if so, can you recommend it? (I'm really interested in grammar and punctuation checking features; spelling and thesaurus features are catered for pretty well by Word as it stands.)
Any advice appreciated.
Colm ▲ Collapse
 
Can Altinbay
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Thanks for the link Sep 27, 2005

I'm sorry I can't help, but I enjoyed the story. Word's checker is a kids-don't-try-this-at-home feature. I was proofreading for some 12 hours yesterday. The grammar check is truly atrocious. I can make it work for me, because I basically use it to help find things I missed, but I have to ignore its suggestions 95% of the time at best.
 
Pablo Mayen
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Some links to trial software... Sep 27, 2005

I have no references on their reliability, but you can tak a look anyway..perhaps they'll suit your needs.

Pablo




http://www.editorsoftware.com/stylewriter-software/
http://www.wintertree-software.com/app/gramxp/
 
Tsu Dho Nimh
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Nothing worth using! Sep 30, 2005

ryancolm wrote:

Does anyone use a third-party grammar checker and, if so, can you recommend it?

Colm


I haven't found any that are worth the time it takes to use. I can send flawless English in and it berates me for mistakes, and as that link you incluided shows - it have big problem.
 


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