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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Grammar

[Anonymous Coward]

Nelly is the greatest artist of the 21st century.

Me so

[NikkiInSpace]

Me so horny.

Re:Microsoft do bad softwares?

[mikeythecmptrguy]

Homer no function beer well without

Re:Maybe they should improve the English language

[Anonymous Coward]

Please remove the four lines of spam from all your future posts, thx.

Talk about a spellcheck nazi!

[v3xt0r]

damn!