On 12-Jan-09 11:18, Invisible wrote:
> Tim Cook wrote:
>> At least WordPerfect had this additional feature called Grammatik 
>> that'd check the grammar of your document in addition to spelling, and 
>> that would pick up errors like that (and whether you're using passive 
>> or active voice, et cetera).
> 
> Word has a "grammer check" feature that tells you almost every sentence 
> is structured wrong and suggests that you rephrase it to sound like 
> Master Yoda. (E.g., change "this is going to be a problem" to "a problem 
> to be this is".) I never use that feature. ;-)
> 
> In short, nothing I've seen reliably replaces a human proof-reader.
Today I was writing a somewhat formal piece. On some words my open 
office complained that I should perhaps rephrase because it was 'written 
language', hmm, yes, what exactly do you think am I doing? Other words 
that I regularly use are apparently 'Belgian Dutch'. What I normally do 
is leave the check on and see if I agree, sometimes it is right and 
sometimes it is plain silly,

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