Thanks Sid, for your evaluation from experience, which makes Grammarian sound worth having, as I thought perhaps it might be from the description on the website. Not that expensive if it's that much better than MS.
Deliberate use of 'improper' grammar is what I meant in referring to being of the Winston Churchill school; the old story of him writing a speech which a minor aide sent back with grammar corrections, to which he responded by red-penciling in the margin "this is just the sort of thing with which I will not up put!" or something like that. I may not have the wording exactly right but you get the drift. If you have ever read anything of Churchill, who was a most prolific and compelling writer, it is hard to imagine anyone having nerve enough to 'correct' his writing. Bruce Mitchell on 7/2/03 1:29 PM, Sid Barras at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > HI Bruce, > I'm an English/ Creative writing university student, I use Grammarian on all > documents I produce. It too, suggests some inappropriate choices, but > overall, I'd call it indispensible. I do write fairly well, but it catches > things like tense shift, dangling participles and other things not obvious. > Often, I use improper grammar purposely, and I simply click past the > suggestions I don't want. But, it usually catches one or two mistakes per > 1000 words I write that I would have missed. Therefore, it is worth having. > Sid Barras -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
