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Good Free Windows Grammar Checker?
justice:
http://afterthedeadline.com/
cranioscopical:
I just tried After the Deadline.
Entering
My brother, and me go to the game yesterday?
returned the result, "No writing errors were found."
:(
MilesAhead:
I didn't find anything free even on sourceforge. I used a free one I'm sure a few years ago. My tendency is to use clauses instead of simple Hemingway type declarative sentences. Like, this idea connected to something, but, this other idea. I think many of the checkers just look for words "but" and "and" and stick a period after the preceding word, capitalize the following word, delete the "and" or 'but" then insert 2 spaces in its place. :)
Thing is if I write short sentences like. "He did this. He then did that." I feel like I'm writing "see Jane and Dick kick Spot's ass" or something.
When trying to find an easier hotkey every choice seems to stick " " in the text. Guess I'm stuck with Control-Shift-s. :)
justice:
You can enable additional checks via the options menu cranio, i think they include grammar stuff.
rjbull:
Gizmo to the rescue? I haven't tried it, but this came in a recent Gizmo e-mail:
Gizmo's Freeware: Top selections
Some Free Online Proof-reading Tools
Posted: 19 Aug 2011 12:40 AM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmosbest/~3/T2Oc_hCTu_8/some-free-browser-based-online-proofreading-tools.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Most modern browsers have in built-in spell checking or offer it via
plug-ins but few offer powerful grammar checking or other proof-reading
tools. So editor Ritho went searching for free online proof-reading
services and found five he liked but one service was a stand-out winner.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/some-free-browser-based-online-proofreading-tools.htm
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