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  1. Re:Waste of time on Open Source Graphic Card Project Seeks Experts · · Score: 1

    But the only problem with Intel AGP Cards is that they are not available as a stand-alone card. They are part of Intel Chipset. Perhaps one of these days Intel will realise that there is a market for selling video cards. Who knows?

  2. Re:Lacking important End-User Features on Time to Kill Microsoft Word? · · Score: 1

    Trust my judgement on this one. It is no good to rely on the grammar help provided by Microsoft Office (or any other Office products for that matter).

    There are plenty of good grammar books around, and I suggest you to refer to them instead. Barron's - Grammar The Easy Way is a very good book. So are Penguin's - Writer's Manual and Collins' - COBUILD English Grammar etc.

    The best way to improve your grammar is to read many good books (novels - fictional/non-fictional, for example, The Lord of the Rings, Moby Dick etc.), magazines and news papers, write few letters every day (emails are fine too, as long as you keep them in formal writing style), and refer to a good dictionary (like Collins COBUILD Advanced Learners Dictionary) for many real world examples etc.

    A good publisher like Harper Collins and Oxford Press generally publish great works of many excellent writers. So buy (or borrow from local library) those books, and you will not be disappointed.

    A good dictionary is a key to improving your grammar. I like the Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary, as it comes with a software "English Bank", which is made up of 5 million words. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of examples for the most frequently used words of the English speaking world. A dictionary which provides just a definition of a word is pretty much useless for a learner/advanced learner, and you learn better when you refer to many real world examples.

    Good luck!