On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 06:13, Chad Smith wrote: > On 10/7/05, Alex Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 04:53, Steven Shelton wrote: > > > IMHO, a grammar checker is a great idea for a third-party add-on, but > > > not for the core. > > > > The is where they belong - an option for those who are too lazy to > > proof-read... > > Thank you for making your declaration of "The Way Things Ought To Be (TM)". > > OOo and SO are one of the few office suites that don't have a Grammar > Checker. > > Grammar check is not just for lazy or stupid people. It's a tool, just like > everything else. You can use it for good, or evil. You can use it properly, > or impromperly. If you don't use your head - you'll get bad results, just > like with anything.
Certainly have one available - but as an optional component only. something that requires a user to say "Yes please, I want it" as part of the installation. Not as an integral and unavoidable part. that is IMO a better way than installing it, and then requiring the user to disable it... > > Grammar check is good for several things, even to those who know grammar. > 1) Check for simple mistakes that you overlook. 2) Running a back up to the > spell checker (which can approve a word that is a real word, just not the > right one.) 3) Making you say "Is that really right?" and if it is, then > great. If not - change it. 4) Actually find errors that the author may or > may not be aware of. > > Yes, it will find "mistakes" in a perfectly correct sentence - and it will > overlook mistakes. But it's a tool - not a perfect one - but one that users > expect. It should be included. It's 2005, grammar check has been around for > over 10 years. Let's step into the 90s. > > -Chad Smith -- Alex Fisher Co-Lead, CD-ROM Project OpenOffice.org Marketing Community Contact Australia/New Zealand http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
