grammar

2001-03-20 Thread Robert Koehler
Hi, A question for all those using Lyx to write any type of document! I am writing my PhD thesis in Lyx and was wondering how people are checking the grammar in their documents? Yes we have a spell-checker in Lyx but how about a grammar-checker? Is there some other Unix based software that

Re: grammar

2001-03-21 Thread Baruch Even
* Robert Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010321 08:27]: > Hi, > > A question for all those using Lyx to write any type of document! > I am writing my PhD thesis in Lyx and was wondering how people > are checking the grammar in their documents? Yes we have a spell-checker >

Re: grammar

2001-03-21 Thread Baruch Even
* Baruch Even <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010321 21:41]: > * Robert Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010321 08:27]: > > Hi, > > > > A question for all those using Lyx to write any type of document! > > I am writing my PhD thesis in Lyx and was wondering how peopl

Re: grammar

2001-03-22 Thread Robin Turner
On Wednesday 21 March 2001 21:38, you wrote: > * Robert Koehler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010321 08:27]: > > Hi, > > > > A question for all those using Lyx to write any type of document! > > I am writing my PhD thesis in Lyx and was wondering how people >

Re: grammar

2001-03-22 Thread Stefano Ghirlanda
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 dy

Re: grammar

2001-03-22 Thread Rob Koehler
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 generalis

Re: grammar

2001-03-22 Thread Mark Hansel
I occassionally use diction and style, almost exclusively on first draft. I don't rely on them to fix grammar -- I don't have patience for much that is wrongly identified as erroneous. I do use them to identify long sentences and spend my time thinking very carefull about better ways