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From: fink@mist.cs.orst.edu (Paul Fink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Thelma Thistleblossom (Grammar Checkers)
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Date: 8 Feb 88 04:48:12 GMT
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In article <950@usfvax2.UUCP> pollock@usfvax2.usf.edu.UUCP (Wayne Pollock) writes:
>
> ..................One thing missing from all these grammar checkers is the
>ability to customize some of the checks.  ..............................
>several of the usage and style checks, too.
>
>Sorry this got to be so long, but you hit me in a tender spot.  I am still
>waiting for a good grammer and usage checker for the mac, so I hope those who
>sell them read this and offer a better checker; remember not everyone uses the
>mac to write books; specialty documents require customizable checkers!
>
There are many things lacking in grammer/spelling checkers but MacProof and
Word Tools DO let you customize what is checked. I think MacProof is almost
a very good product. (I should run that last sentence through to see what it 
say.) Word Tools is useless! It is very limited and parses words incorrectly.
It finds the word very in the word every.

A third checker is called Sensible Grammer I have not seen it. 
If you want more info write me and I will send you a longer, more coherent
review.

	Paul Fink

and no advanced features.