Hi Daniel, since you mentioned affect/effect, my two cents: These are very "popular" errors, such as it's vs. its, your vs. you're and their vs there vs they're: http://www.skillsyouneed.com/write/common-mistakes1.html
Affect vs. effect is in this one, these are more stylistic errors, I think: http://www.learnenglish.de/mistakes/CommonMistakes.html And these may be considered basic errors, but I think very helpful: http://www.learnenglish.de/mistakes/CommonMistakes.html Very well explained, it seems. I am not a native speaker, but from your sentences below I think that effect/affect is definitely an error. Thanks Silvio -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Naber [mailto:daniel.na...@languagetool.org] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 6:24 AM To: LanguageTool Developer List Subject: English native speaker help Hi, I'm trying to evaluate LT results, but there are some cases where I'm not sure if the message by LT is actually a false alarm of not. Could a native speaker maybe have a look at these sentences and the LT output and let me know if the sentence is actually okay or not, or if it's okay but maybe bad style? Thanks Daniel They are used to manage transfers through the PQR. LT: This verb is used with the gerund form: used to managing Also because when you're interested in something then it helps learning because you're familiar with it. LT: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: to learn This did not effect his views too much. LT: Did you mean: affect If any one on the mailing list has had an overlay assessment... LT: Did you mean: anyone A part of me can't help but think that they are right. LT: This is a nonstandard phrase. Use: thinking The hearing is being rushed because the principle is going out of town. LT: This word is normally spelled with hyphen: out-of-town Highlight key words and ideas. LT: Did you mean: keywords I have a web site on famous dyslexics. LT: Did you mean: website ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Languagetool-devel mailing list Languagetool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/languagetool-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Languagetool-devel mailing list Languagetool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/languagetool-devel
