Alan Mead wrote:
Keith,
Google might be your friend here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=openoffice.org+grammar+check&btnG=Google+Search
http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/grammar.html
But I have a question: I find Word's grammar checker to be more
annoying than Clippy. Spell-checking works because by it's nature,
there is a very low (and easily corrected) false positive rate and a
very, very low false negative rate ('of' vs. 'if' is my bane). But
grammar checking has horribly high error rates of both kinds. I find
the constant, misplaced wavy green lines to be extremely distracting.
And since it misses many errors, I still have to tediously proof my
document.
I Know I'm not alone in these feelings and I wouldn't be surpriused
to find out that there are no plans for grammar checking... But
maybe I'm missing something; what do you like about this "feature"?
-Alan
I'm not the OP, but your "of" vs. "if" situation is exactly the sort of
thing I like about grammar checkers. That and the ability to pick up on
repeated words. Basically, to catch "higher-order" typos.
But, like you, I'm perfectly happy to cast my own sentence structure
myself, for better or worse.
BTW, is it possible to make the spell check skip URL's? Those things
always generate a ton of useless hits.
Rod
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