Re: Help improve rule pt_PT

2016-08-17 Thread Marco A.G.Pinto
Yakov, It didn't work. I tried it in the stand-alone tool after using *TESTRULES PT*, with the sentences: *Isso aconteceu à quase 20 anos!** **Isso aconteceu à quase vinte e três anos!** **Há 10 anos atrás** **Há quarenta e dois anos atrás* Rules I changed: *** **** ** ** **

Re: English native speaker help

2016-08-17 Thread Jan Schreiber
Hi list, What Athena says is exactly what I learned in school, and they were supposed to teach us British English there. So it's probably safe to add this as a rule for both variants. See also: http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/grammar-present-perfect-have-you-ever-been-to/ Best, Jan Am

Re: Help improve rule pt_PT

2016-08-17 Thread Marco A.G.Pinto
Thanks, Jan, I use "1" and "3" but TESTRULES PT gives an error in: Com o verbo haver não é necessário usar "atrás": \1 \2 \3. Can you help? Thanks! On 17/08/2016 12:36, Jan Schreiber wrote: > Marco, > > I think you could replace > > from your original version with the following: > > (Replace

Re: Help improve rule pt_PT

2016-08-17 Thread Jan Schreiber
I would try it like this: há segundos?|minutos?|horas?|dias?|semanas?|mês|meses|anos? atrás Com o verbo haver não é necessário usar "atrás". Há n segundos atrás. In other words, replace

Re: Help improve rule pt_PT

2016-08-17 Thread Jan Schreiber
Marco, I think you could replace from your original version with the following: (Replace 0 with 1 if necessary.) Best, Jan Am 17.08.2016 um 13:25 schrieb Marco A.G.Pinto: > Yakov, > > It didn't work. > > I tried it in the stand-alone tool after using *TESTRULES PT*, with the > sentences: >

RE: Possible English rule

2016-08-17 Thread Mike Unwalla
Yes, the rule would be useful. Aside. The rule I_MOVING finds some related problems: Finds: I as walking. Finds: I as eating. Does not find: He as smiling. Does not find: I as calling. The disambiguator log shows that for the 2 sentences that I_MOVING does not find, the disambiguator uses rule

Re[2]: Help improve rule pt_PT

2016-08-17 Thread Yakov Reztsov
Try: >Среда, 17 августа 2016, 15:05 +03:00 от "Marco A.G.Pinto" >: > >Thanks, Jan, I use "1" and "3" but TESTRULES PT gives an error in: >Com o verbo haver não é necessário usar "atrás": \1 \2 \3. > >Can you help? > >Thanks! > >On 17/08/2016 12:36,

RE: English native speaker help

2016-08-17 Thread Mike Unwalla
Here are results from the British National Corpus and the Corpus of Contemporary American English (http://corpus.byu.edu/): Search phrase COCABNC I have never been 642 136 I never have been 42 9 have never been 2672489 never have been 1019266 A rule to

Fwd: Yakov! (rule still giving error)

2016-08-17 Thread Marco A.G.Pinto
Hello! I sent a private message to Yakov but maybe he didn't receive it, so I am sending it to the mailing list: The rule still gives an error: há segundos?|minutos?|horas?|dias?|semanas?|mês|meses|anos? atrás Com o verbo haver não

Re: Fwd: Yakov! (rule still giving error)

2016-08-17 Thread Yakov Reztsov
Marco, I tested this rule with local mashine and community.languagetool.org:               há     [a-záãêéçôłę]{1,6}     segundos?|minutos?|horas?|dias?|semanas?|mês|meses|anos?     atrás     Com o verbo haver não é necessário usar "atrás": .   Há n

Re: Fwd: Yakov! (rule still giving error)

2016-08-17 Thread Yakov Reztsov
Another variant of rule:                 há     segundos?|minutos?|horas?|dias?|semanas?|mês|meses|anos?     atrás     Com o verbo haver não é necessário usar "atrás": .   Há n segundos atrás.     >Среда, 17 августа 2016, 21:49 +03:00 от "Marco A.G.Pinto": >

Re: English native speaker help

2016-08-17 Thread Athena Santora
Hi there In American English the sentence is awkward. It's not "wrong" to say "I never have been" but a native speaker wouldn't commonly phrase it that way. The other "error" : "been IN" isn't technically an error either but a native speaker wouldn't commonly phrase it this way either (now that

Re: English native speaker help

2016-08-17 Thread Bruno P. Kinoshita
Hi Daniel, Not a native speaker, but it sounds weird for me. I think I heard/read * I have never been* Never have I been Few variations: * I have never been better* Never have I been better* Never been better* Have never been better But "I never have been better" would still sound weird for me.

English native speaker help

2016-08-17 Thread Daniel Naber
Hi English native speakers, a user complained about two errors not found in: "I never have been in London." Is it actually wrong to say "I never have been" vs. "I have never been"? What's the other error. Regards Daniel

Help improve rule pt_PT

2016-08-17 Thread Marco A.G.Pinto
Hello! I want to improve the following rule: *** **** ** ** **há** **** **segundos?|minutos?|horas?|dias?|semanas?|mês|meses|anos?** **atrás** ** ** ** Com o verbo haver não é necessário usar "atrás": \1 \2 \3.** ** Há n segundos

Re: Fwd: Yakov! (rule still giving error)

2016-08-17 Thread Marco A.G.Pinto
Thanks, Yakov and Jan! Kind regards, >Marco A.G.Pinto --- On 17/08/2016 20:37, Yakov Reztsov wrote: > Another variant of rule: > > > > > > há > regexp="yes">segundos?|minutos?|horas?|dias?|semanas?|mês|meses|anos? > atrás >