On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 00:51, Andrew Fisk wrote: >You really expect a grammar checker that works in 92 languages?
Back around 2000, I came across a critter that claimed to check grammar in 150+ languages. It reality, it checked grammar in about twenty languages. The 130 others that it checked were localized dialects of those languages. In theory, Language Tool, or any other grammar checker can be configured to check grammar in the languages that localized versions of OOo are available in. The major stumbling block for Language Tool, or any other grammar checker, is writing the rules for each language. For some languages that OOo ships in, just writing that rule set could be the subject of an MA Thesis. Given how "After the Deadline" functions, the only thing that is unreasonable about it currently working in 92 languages, is that it is still in beta, and as such, I wouldn't be surprised if, two or three years from now, it could check grammar in more than one thousand languages. jonathon -- Personal email to this account is automatically forwarded to Dave Null, and goes unread by any human. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
