Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!nosc.UUCP!humu!uhccux!todd From: todd@uhccux.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.ai.digest Subject: Re: grammar checkers Message-ID: <8705080906.AA04064@humu.ARPA> Date: Fri, 8-May-87 04:32:10 EDT Article-I.D.: humu.8705080906.AA04064 Posted: Fri May 8 04:32:10 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 14-May-87 05:03:53 EDT References: <8705060504.AA14594@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: uhccux!todd (The Perplexed Wiz) Distribution: world Organization: U. of Hawaii, Manoa (Honolulu) Lines: 44 Approved: ailist@stripe.sri.com I would rather see mainstream AI-related topics given space in AIList rather than take up more space with yet another "grammar checker" related messsage. And while I accept the criticism of my comments in the spirit of academic give and take in the exchange of ideas, I will make, I hope, the final comment in this discussion and then consider it closed for the moment. I wish the two following commentators "Linda G. Means" gilbert@aimmi.UUCP (Gilbert Cockton) had *read* what I said before they reacted. I wrote: >I think that if these style checking tools are used in conjunction ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ *********** >with the efforts of a good teacher of writing, then these style ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >checkers are of great benefit. It is better that children learn a >few rules of writing to start with than no rules at all. Of course, >reading lots of good examples of writing and a good teacher are still ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ *** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ *** >necessary ^^^^^^^^^ I don't think that anyone would seriously suggest that these borderline "AI" programs be used *exclusively* to teach children (or people of any other age group) to write. My thanks to Ken Laws for allowing this interesting little discussion to take place here instead of forcing us to move it to AI-ED (where it probably belongs, I admit). Now, let's get back to mainstream AI :-) Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Computing Center UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,ucbvax,dcdwest}!sdcsvax!nosc!uhccux!todd ARPA: uhccux!todd@nosc.MIL INTERNET: todd@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU [NL-KR@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU has also been reprinting these messages. -- KIL]