Alexander Thurgood,
I was talking about the sort of languages where nouns have gender and adjectives and participles
have to agree with them. French has elaborate verb conjugaison, and German, Greek etc. also have
declensions. If you change one word when revising a document this has knock-on effects on the rest
of the sentence that even a native who is sure of their ability can easily miss, especially if
there is an urgent deadline.
When I introduced IT in a French primary school in about 1985, the teacher immediately spotted the
possibilities for helping pupils who had difficulty learning spelling and grammar. I suppose that
older people complain about the poor language skills of the young in every country in the world ;-).
I go on about this because OOo doesn't have enough facilities (you have to use a separate website),
and many users live in places like Africa and India and the USA where it is very common for people
to have to use a second or third language. Of course, the same goes for multinational companies.
Regards
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From: Alexander Thurgood [via Document Foundation Mail Archive]
To: crl64
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:56 AM
Subject: Re: Help File
Le 26/01/11 20:53, crl64 a écrit :
Hi,
> grammar checker is also vital, because everybody makes and misses mistakes
> which look horrible to the reader.
>
I have yet to encounter a grammar checker that gets it right 100% of the
time, so IMHO, what is the point of having one, when I can do it myself,
and make the same or fewer, mistakes ?
Alex
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