Re: MS office Under Linux

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Tim wrote:
>> I'd go along with that.  I am a native English speaker, and I've found
>> word processing grammar checking tools leave a lot to be desired.  Some
>> of the results, I've seen, give you the impression that a 12 year old
>> wrote the document.  They might find some glaring errors, but more
>> subtle ones go un-noticed.

Mike McCarty:
> I think you have unreasonable expectations.

I don't agree.  I don't really expect them to be able to do any better
than they do.  Human language is a rather complex thing, with some quite
large regional variations.  But computer programmers like to try and
reduce things down to the lowest common denominator.  The two are
opposite goals.

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