Marcin Miłkowski wrote:

> Mathias Bauer pisze:
>> I call it a "Proof reading tool" as the Language Tool at the same time
>> does less than some well known Grammar Checkers but OTOH does also more.
> 
> I like this term. This way it's more clear to the users what they can 
> expect (and they can expect it from most so-called grammar checkers, IMHO).
> 
>> It can check text against any rules, not only Grammar, but of course it
>> lacks the more sophisticated abilities of specialized Grammar Checkers
>> that have been in development for many years.
> 
> It depends on the language you're talking about. The only commercial 
> grammar checker for Polish has 7 general rules, whereas LanguageTool has 
> currently about 700, including 6 of those general ones. (The number of 
> rules is of course only a rough way of comparing proof reading tools but 
> it's hard to evaluate without generally accessible and comprehensive 
> error corpora).
> 
> Anyway, we're willing to switch to the new GC API as soon as it's available.

That's great! I think that having Language Tool integrated into
background proof reading would be a big improvement. And the community
aspect - being able to improve the tool without being a C++ expert and
the lower barrier to entry - is also very appealing.

Ciao,
Mathias

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