Juan Martorell wrote thus at 10:16 PM 19-05-14:
I think I see your point, and I gave a lot of thinking to it. A
grammar checker (or proofreader, as we call it in our web page) can
perform many tasks and there are some tasks that are virtually
impossible to accomplish. Depending on the user, we may find that
there are different scopes.
<snip>
I propose that we consider adding high level filters for different
scopes, like errors, ambiguity and style suggestions, allowing the
users switching them on an off like we are doing with categories today.
That's what I hope for LT too, but I don't code. I too think it's
important for LT to be flexible; flexible enough to cater for
different levels and modes of language usage. MS Word's grammar and
style checker has this (since 2 decades ago) so that users can choose
for themselves.
Otherwise, we would have to deal with prescriptivism versus
prescribing non-prescriptivism.
Reading Jan's last mail, I felt a little bit hurt, and thought I
should have just keep the rules I make to myself. It took me an
evening to deal with the feelings that arose. Not quite his fault,
but it triggered an issue that I still have. I'm alright now.
Anyway, I think we need to be clear what LT is to deal with: just
grammar, downright errors, or are style issues such as concision to
be included? If it's decided that concision is not wanted, just let me know.
Therefore my suggestion is that we discuss KPI in terms of
performance and maintainability
Agree.
kb
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