Posted on 03/30/2005 8:30:57 AM PST by Vision Thing
What's wrong with this sentence?
"Microsoft the company should big improve Word grammar check."
A University of Washington associate professor ran it through the grammar check in Microsoft Word, and the software found it acceptable.
Sandeep Krishnamurthy is now on a mission to get the software giant to tweak its grammar-check system.
He says he discovered problems after scolding a student he'd given a poor grade for submitting a paper filled with grammatical errors. The student complained that she had used the software to check for errors.
Microsoft says grammar is almost impossible for a computer to master because it requires artificial intelligence that isn't available. Microsoft Word spokesman Chris Pratley said the best way to ensure grammar is correct is to pay attention in school.
Thank heavens for people who want to take the time needed to fix this stuff. Seems like a huge task to me.
Yes, it's the software's fault...
If the computer says it's wrong, it likely is.
But if the computer DOES NOT say it's wrong, that DOES NOT mean that it's right.
"the best way to ensure grammar is correct is to pay attention in school.'
--> Too bad our teachers unions and all the thugs (executives that rip off the sckools) aren't doing their jobs. Parents need to do their jobs too. Let's put blame where it belongs.
Ok..how many of you went and actually tried this to see if it was true ? Don't be shy.....raise your hands........specially you...you in the back.
Mine skips obvious errors.
Feh! Who needs a grammar checker, anyway! That are a stupid idea!
So....it was Bill Gates' fault she is an idiot? I thought the point of college was to learn things like grammar.
Typical 'student'. She complains instead of attempting to learn something.
Microsoft says grammar iz almost impossible fo' uh geekbox ta master cuz it requires artificial intelligence dat ain't available. Microsoft Word spokesman Chris Pratley said da bomb way ta ensure grammar iz correct iz ta pay attention in skoo. peep this s***
Their not.
They're not.
There not.
Are kids need English classes.
Our kids need English classes.
Too many kids don't know homonyms.
Two many kids don't know homonyms.
To many kids don't know homonyms.
Teachers should expect students to write well. Using MS Word is a crutch. If the crutch fails the student, the student should blame himself for depending on the crutch in the first place.
This teacher is part of the problem, IMO.
It's worthless to me anyway. Word has no clue how do cope with specialized terminology.
I really on me skooling insted.
The way I learned how to punctuate sentences properly, aside from learning about grammar in school, was to simply repeat the sentence and place a comma wherever I took a breath. This worked very well until I became and asthmatic. Whenever I was short of breath, the number of commas went way up. After I took a shot off the inhaler, the commas went back down.
Me fail english? That's unpossible!
so before computers, who would he have blamed?
I hadn't until you asked. I did check, and it is in fact true (on Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SP-3)). I believed the article at face value becuase I have found that Microsoft Word doesn't pick up grammar errors myself.
Yep. When I was working in health policy, Word would constantly want to replace "HMOs" with "homos."
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