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4 Sep 2024 17:23:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Why Grammar software annoys me (yet I won't stop using it)  
From: Bill Pragnell
Date: 14 Dec 2009 04:15:01
Message: <web.4b2601487def7d9c6dd25f0b0@news.povray.org>
Chambers <Ben### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> I like leaving the grammar check on (it is legitimately useful, though
> it is not the ultimate authority), but things like this still bug me.

I've not used it for years. It rarely caught genuine errors beyond half-written
sentences, and instead suggested I modify perfectly good English until it
wasn't.

> I wonder how often people restructure perfectly legitimate writing in
> order to avoid potential warnings with such grammar checks in word
> processing programs?

Ooh, all too often I'm sure.


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