On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 15:35:38 +0200 "Patrick Dupre" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > lyx offers a language checker, but not a grammar checker. > I installed the check-Tex option, but the results are not convincing > (at least in English). The suggestion are really poor. > Is there any way to install a more efficient grammar checker? > To circumvent the problem, I used to generate a rtf file and then to > use freeoffice which let me use a grammar checker like LT. > However, the generation of the rtf file is really problematic for a > scientific document (for example, I have to remove the section, > subsection, etc..). > > Some suggestions? Last century I tried MSWord's grammar checker. I found it a great idea impossible to implement. It would often let fly sentences with a wrong word, and worse yet, it would flag lots of sentences that any author would feel good about writing. I think that, once you get past absolutely horrible grammar, grammar checking becomes nothing but frustration. I mentioned MSWord, which is obviously bad software, but I really think it's impossible to implement a useful grammar checker with the current state of AI. Wait another 10 years and perhaps grammar checkers will learn how we authors talk, and base checking on that. SteveT
