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Peer reviewedDobrin, David N. – Computers and the Humanities, 1990
Evaluates CorrecText, Houghton-Mifflin's computer-based grammar checker that fully parses sentences and finds errors in grammar, style, and usage. Argues that, while CorrecText is an improvement over similar programs, it still cannot accommodate the syntactically ambiguous nature of English. Limits current design's usefulness to unedited prose.…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation, Error Correction, Grammar
