Professor Finds Fault with MS Grammar Checker

ChuckOp writes " front-page article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer states: "The University of Washington associate professor has embarked on a one-man mission to persuade the Redmond company to improve the grammar-checking function in its popular word-processing program. Sandeep Krishnamurthy is also trying to raise public awareness of the issue." He includes some twisted prose that the grammar checker fails to find fault with, such as: "Marketing are bad for brand big and small. You Know What I am Saying?" and "Gates do good marketing job in Microsoft". This last comment is disputed by retired Microsoft researcher Karen Jensen, who developed part of the underlying technology; "Only by knowing that 'Gates' probably refers to Bill Gates -- and not to the plural of the movable portion of a fence -- would the program know to suggest using 'does' instead." The professor also has several twisted examples available."

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What we have here is a failure to communicate....

[tuxq]

Do people really expect any software company to come up with a fail-proof grammar check? It wont happen--or at least in my lifetime. Why should MS have to compensate for the lack of intelligence of its users? They've obviously done it enough, look at Windows XP. It all comes down to this: Those who understand the English language in all its complexity--be it grammar or spelling--are the ones who should be writing documents. Not morons. You can't idiot-proof everything.

in other news..

[minus_273]

linux has no comparable feature..