Re: grammar
Stefano Ghirlanda wrote: Robin Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unless NLP has made some pretty massive advances recently, I think grammar checkers will continue to be more of an irritation than a help. Well, we shouldn't generalise that much, I think. I have a friend who is slighly dyslexic, and moreover English is not his mother tongue. Even checking that third-persons of verbs and plurals end in s is a great help to him. -- Stefano Ghirlanda, Zoologiska Institutionen, Stockholms Universitet email: you know it already, tel: +46-8-164055, fax:+46-8-167715 the free science campaign: http://ethology.zool.su.se/freescience Well I do speak, read and write english fluently, the reason I am interested in a grammar checker is that a thesis is a very large and complicated document. You just want to be sure that you haven't made little mistakes that are going to necessitate a rewrite! It's better if it is right the first time! L8r Rob Dept Mech Eng Adelaide University
Re: grammar
Stefano Ghirlanda wrote: Robin Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unless NLP has made some pretty massive advances recently, I think grammar checkers will continue to be more of an irritation than a help. Well, we shouldn't generalise that much, I think. I have a friend who is slighly dyslexic, and moreover English is not his mother tongue. Even checking that third-persons of verbs and plurals end in s is a great help to him. -- Stefano Ghirlanda, Zoologiska Institutionen, Stockholms Universitet email: you know it already, tel: +46-8-164055, fax:+46-8-167715 the free science campaign: http://ethology.zool.su.se/freescience Well I do speak, read and write english fluently, the reason I am interested in a grammar checker is that a thesis is a very large and complicated document. You just want to be sure that you haven't made little mistakes that are going to necessitate a rewrite! It's better if it is right the first time! L8r Rob Dept Mech Eng Adelaide University
Re: grammar
Stefano Ghirlanda wrote: > Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Unless NLP has made some pretty massive advances recently, I think > > grammar checkers will continue to be more of an irritation than a > > help. > > Well, we shouldn't generalise that much, I think. I have a friend who > is slighly dyslexic, and moreover English is not his mother > tongue. Even checking that third-persons of verbs and plurals end in s > is a great help to him. > > -- > Stefano Ghirlanda, Zoologiska Institutionen, Stockholms Universitet > email: you know it already, tel: +46-8-164055, fax:+46-8-167715 > the free science campaign: http://ethology.zool.su.se/freescience Well I do speak, read and write english fluently, the reason I am interested in a grammar checker is that a thesis is a very large and complicated document. You just want to be sure that you haven't made little mistakes that are going to necessitate a rewrite! It's better if it is right the first time! L8r Rob Dept Mech Eng Adelaide University