Comments on: #Fact: Grammar and Style Checkers Are Often Wrong https://3764w18.tracigardner.com English 3764 @ Virginia Tech, Winter 2017–2018 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:52:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2 By: KC Cowan https://3764w18.tracigardner.com/fact-grammar-and-style-checkers-are-often-wrong/#comment-1213 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:56:27 +0000 https://btw-f17.tracigardner.com/?p=4289#comment-1213 I agree with the previous post. I’ve heard many people who speak English as a second language say that learning the words is not the hard part, but understanding English grammar and order can be difficult. My mom is Filipino and her language’s grammar and sentence order is noticeably different from English; for example, he and she are the same, and she will often say a verb before a noun. Microsoft’s checkers are not the best tools because they sometimes force corrections that do not relate to what the author is saying, creating more confusion.

I have heard that Grammarly is a great tool for pointing out grammar mistakes and I think that I will try using it in the future.

]]> By: salem B Almarar https://3764w18.tracigardner.com/fact-grammar-and-style-checkers-are-often-wrong/#comment-1204 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:10:57 +0000 https://btw-f17.tracigardner.com/?p=4289#comment-1204 I think it is even more important for international students. I had a lot of instances in the past where Microsoft Word would suggest a grammar change and I cannot tell if it the suggested phrase is what I am trying to say or not since I do not know many aspects of the language. Checkers are just tools, you just need to use it the right way (it helped a lot since my spelling is not that great)

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