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From: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Grammer checker for pc
Message-ID: <8974@fy.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 90 20:03:06 GMT
References: <2480@clyde.concordia.ca> <2210020@hpausla.aso.hp.com>
Reply-To: bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson)
Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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In article <2210020@hpausla.aso.hp.com> dak@hpausla.aso.hp.com (Dave Kruger) writes:

>By the way, Grammatik is worth every penny you pay for it.

RightWriter just sent me an upgrade notice that included several tables
from two studies.  The studies rated the several grammar checkers available for
the PC and MAC based on the number of *incorrect* grammar recommendations.
RightWriter averaged  13%, the nearest competitor was about 35% and
the worst was 85%.  I don't know if this is really useful information nor
do I know what the original studies concluded about RightWriter, but I sent
for the upgrade.

Standard disclaimers apply.

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