On Tuesday 23 August 2005 21:26, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Tuesday 2005-08-23 at 22:17 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
Or irrespective, depending on what you want to say
My pet peeve is "would of" or "should of". It looks so ugly it just gets on my nerves
That's why, if people for whom English is their first (or native) language can't get it right, we non English-as-1st-language-speakers need a grammar checker ;-)
You're too modest, Carlos, no-one could complain about your English. And of course, no-one has the right to 'complain' about use of English by non-native speakers, though it would be nice to think native speakers might offer polite guidance when it's likely to be welcome. What's eating me is the raising in England of a vast number of native speakers who aren't given even a basic grounding in the way their own language works. A sad additional consequence of that failure is that it makes it much harder for them to learn other languages too, something Anglophones are already less than accomplished in.
You might spot those errors at first glance. For me, it is difficult, and I have very few people available to ask - its rather the other way, they ask me ;-)
It seems to be one of those areas where open sofftware is lacking. Another is optical characer recognition.
That would be hugely useful, agreed! Any time people are ready ...
-- Cheers, Carlos Robinson