Comments on: Microsoft Word gets an F in grammar http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/03/microsoft_word_gets_an_f_in_grammar/ Nerds are for Dorks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:14:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/03/microsoft_word_gets_an_f_in_grammar/comment-page-1/#comment-12675 Anonymous Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:34:12 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1409#comment-12675 bottom!DeMorgan canaries fasting grammar simplifies . bottom!DeMorgan canaries fasting grammar simplifies .

]]> By: Josh http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/03/microsoft_word_gets_an_f_in_grammar/comment-page-1/#comment-12673 Josh Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:34:26 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1409#comment-12673 does anyone know of a good grammar checker that plugs into word.Or even a stand alone does anyone know of a good grammar checker that plugs into word.Or even a stand alone

]]> By: waylman http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/03/microsoft_word_gets_an_f_in_grammar/comment-page-1/#comment-12672 waylman Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:34:18 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1409#comment-12672 While I agree that Word's spell checking isn't the best, it certainly is better than OpenOffice. If more than one letter is wrong, OO never seems to provide suggestions even close to what I'm looking for, if any at all. In Word I've had half the letters wrong on occasion and it gave the proper suggestion, albeit far down in the list. No, it's not fool proof, but the best I've used. (Oh yeah, Gmail's spell checker is pretty good too.) Of course, I can't spell worth beens. I'm one of those people who can't use a dictionary to find out how to spell a word because I can't find it in the dictionary because my guess at how it is spelled is so far off (how many times can I use because in one sentence?). Add a few typing errors to the mix, and I can really foul up the best of spell checkers. While I agree that Word’s spell checking isn’t the best, it certainly is better than OpenOffice. If more than one letter is wrong, OO never seems to provide suggestions even close to what I’m looking for, if any at all. In Word I’ve had half the letters wrong on occasion and it gave the proper suggestion, albeit far down in the list. No, it’s not fool proof, but the best I’ve used. (Oh yeah, Gmail’s spell checker is pretty good too.) Of course, I can’t spell worth beens. I’m one of those people who can’t use a dictionary to find out how to spell a word because I can’t find it in the dictionary because my guess at how it is spelled is so far off (how many times can I use because in one sentence?). Add a few typing errors to the mix, and I can really foul up the best of spell checkers.

]]> By: Victor http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/03/microsoft_word_gets_an_f_in_grammar/comment-page-1/#comment-12671 Victor Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:22:09 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1409#comment-12671 Bom Dia, My spelling is awful and English is my first (and pretty much only) language. My trick for fixing up spelling on posts and the like is ClipMate (http://www.thornsoft.com/index.htm). It has many handy uses, one of which is doing a spell check on what's in your clipboard. Bom Dia,

My spelling is awful and English is my first (and pretty much only) language. My trick for fixing up spelling on posts and the like is ClipMate (http://www.thornsoft.com/index.htm). It has many handy uses, one of which is doing a spell check on what’s in your clipboard.

]]> By: David Fayer http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/03/microsoft_word_gets_an_f_in_grammar/comment-page-1/#comment-12670 David Fayer Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:43:36 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1409#comment-12670 StyleWriter seems to be the ticket! http://www.editorsoftware.com/stylewriter-software/ StyleWriter seems to be the ticket!
http://www.editorsoftware.com/stylewriter-software/

]]> By: Romain http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/03/microsoft_word_gets_an_f_in_grammar/comment-page-1/#comment-12669 Romain Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:03:46 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1409#comment-12669 I don't know of any other grammar/spelling tool in english. I'm french. And french grammar in Word is as bad as it seems to be in English. There is one amazing tool for french grammar/spelling/dictionnary/you-name-it that is called <a href="http://www.druide.com/antidote.html" rel="nofollow">Antidote</a>. Made by people from Quebec. It's very complete and integrates itself very well in Microsoft Word (and others). I don’t know of any other grammar/spelling tool in english. I’m french. And french grammar in Word is as bad as it seems to be in English.
There is one amazing tool for french grammar/spelling/dictionnary/you-name-it that is called Antidote. Made by people from Quebec. It’s very complete and integrates itself very well in Microsoft Word (and others).

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