11-30-2018, 07:34 PM | #31 |
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Just saw this article linked over on The Digital Reader:
Grammarly vs. Hairston which tests Grammarly vs. the difficult sentences in this PDF: "Not All Errors Are Created Equal: Nonacademic Readers in the Professions Respond to Lapses in Usage" by Maxine Hairston Of course, the running theme throughout the article is that most Grammarly "corrections" were hidden behind the paywall. And many of its free "corrections" were not good. Last edited by Tex2002ans; 11-30-2018 at 07:38 PM. |
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@Tex2002ans Can you please check the Hairston sentences with Antidote 9? * I disabled the built-in spell checker for my test. |
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My point being that her test--isn't. She didn't see most of the errata that Grammarly may have caught, because she's on the other side of the paywall, firstly, and never drilled down, secondly. I'm certainly not saying that Grammarly is a viable substitute for knowledge, or a proper edit, but it works a bit better than she's crediting. Offered FWIW. Hitch |
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Correct: (14/67) 19 (company's) 30 (fee, however,) 35 (anyone) 36 (kinds) 40 (have) 41 (It's) 42 (gone) 46 (can) 53 (is) 56 (affect) 61 (predict) 62 (were) 63 (its) 65 (doesn't) Bogus: (1/67) 17 --- It thought "french" and "german" were unknown words. Although it's strange, because other books I tested on it lets me know French/German are usually capitalized. Potential: (1/67) 50 I was last employed by (Texas Instruments) company. --- It knew "texas instruments" should've been capitalized. I could see how a strange proper noun like that could throw this sentence off. Wrong: (2/67) 21 When Mitchell moved, he (bring) his secretary with him 58 Senator (davits) (come) from (New York) --- I had no idea "davits" is even a word. Quote:
And the formatting on that article was absolutely atrocious. All the images made is absolutely impossible to follow what was what. Would be helpful if there was a nice formatted list at the end. Mind running it through paid-for Grammarly and see how it fares on the Hairston examples? Last edited by Tex2002ans; 12-02-2018 at 08:21 PM. |
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Just an Update on Word's Editor Panel. I recently stumbled on the following, of course it's possible it's been there all along.
It allows one to focus on each type of error, which makes quite a difference. But you still can't type corrections in the Editor box itself And most of the "Refinements" don't offer any suggestions. BR |
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