Tim wrote:
> I'd go along with that. I am a native English speaker, and
I've found
> word processing grammar checking tools leave a lot to be desired. Some
> of the results, I've seen, give you the impression that a 12 year old
> wrote the document. They might find some glaring errors, but more
> subtle ones go un-noticed.
Mike McCarty:
I think you have unreasonable expectations.
I don't agree. I don't really expect them to be able to do any better
than they do. Human language is a rather complex thing, with some quite
large regional variations. But computer programmers like to try and
reduce things down to the lowest common denominator. The two are
opposite goals.
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