Professor Finds Fault with MS Grammar Checker

Posted by timothy on Monday March 28, 2005 @08:34AM from the sew-dew-eye dept.

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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You're kidding, right? by 2names · 2005-03-28 08:37 · Score: -1, Troll

"Sandeep Krishnamurthy" is going to make a grammatical stand for humanity?
He should start with ANY of the following:
Convenience store clerks
Technical support operators
Taxi drivers
Third-world-sweatshop programmers

Let the flaming begin.

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Re:alternative... by conteXXt · 2005-03-28 08:49 · Score: 0, Troll

oh sure....go ahead and look for a SOLUTION.

you MUST be new here.

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suX0r by blew_fantom · 2005-03-28 08:54 · Score: 0, Troll

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MOD PARENT UP - IS NOT TROLL by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-28 08:56 · Score: -1, Troll

MOD PARENT UP - IS NOT TROLL