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From: JoAnn Paules [MVP] on 4 Jun 2010 06:54 That would be tough for some of us. I don't think the dearly departed read their mail. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message news:976dnT9aX-0iypXRnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > "Robert Macy" <macy(a)california.com> wrote in message > news:0c6a14a6-bee3-4a42-906e-edf6a1e25a3a(a)r5g2000yqr.googlegroups.com... >> ...of an online website to check a sentence, or phrase, for >> grammatical accuracy and correct punctuation? >> >> everything I've found so far wants money for a book or lessons, or >> worse wants to give me pragmatic rules which rarely apply. >> >> anybody know of something very, very effective? > > Send a copy to your old high school English teacher! > bj > >
From: Robert Macy on 4 Jun 2010 12:49 On Jun 3, 5:19 pm, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <d...(a)REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote: > Google turned up the following: > > http://www.yourdictionary.com/dictionary-articles/free-online-grammar... > > http://spellcheckplus.com/ > > http://www.grammarly.com/?q=grammar&gclid=CLWSs9SThaICFQa0bwodgg1yFw > > -- > Hope this helps. > > Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my > services on a paid consulting basis. > > Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com > > "Robert Macy" <m...(a)california.com> wrote in message > > news:0c6a14a6-bee3-4a42-906e-edf6a1e25a3a(a)r5g2000yqr.googlegroups.com... > > > > > ...of an online website to check a sentence, or phrase, for > > grammatical accuracy and correct punctuation? > > > everything I've found so far wants money for a book or lessons, or > > worse wants to give me pragmatic rules which rarely apply. > > > anybody know of something very, very effective? thank you for these URLs. the first one had four sites, each were spell check only, the last was 30 days or $49 the second one was spell check only the third was spell check only until I asked for grammar then it said it won't work with my browzer! kept wanting me to run WinXP and later programs. That's crazy! this is a text monitoring program, why would anyone need higher than DOS!!! Odd it is so difficult to find out if punctuation is correct.
From: Robert Macy on 4 Jun 2010 12:50 On Jun 3, 6:31 pm, "bj" <bjone...(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote: > "Robert Macy" <m...(a)california.com> wrote in message > > news:0c6a14a6-bee3-4a42-906e-edf6a1e25a3a(a)r5g2000yqr.googlegroups.com... > > > ...of an online website to check a sentence, or phrase, for > > grammatical accuracy and correct punctuation? > > > everything I've found so far wants money for a book or lessons, or > > worse wants to give me pragmatic rules which rarely apply. > > > anybody know of something very, very effective? > > Send a copy to your old high school English teacher! > bj LOL! Delay is tooooo long, plus when I ran it by 3 different English 'experts' I got three different answers!!!
From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 4 Jun 2010 18:34 While when I went to school 50 odd years ago, learning grammar was a major component of English lessons, more recently in schools here, it is no longer taught so there is a whole generation that would not know if something was grammatically incorrect, or at least what was grammatically incorrect about some text. Fortunately, steps are now being taken to re-introduce the teaching of grammar in schools. However none of the current crop of teachers were taught it themselves, so it is going to be a struggle. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Robert Macy" <macy(a)california.com> wrote in message news:e575738f-2cf8-4f80-9482-aa2dbdf2ea6d(a)11g2000prv.googlegroups.com... > On Jun 3, 5:19 pm, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <d...(a)REMOVECAPSmvps.org> > wrote: >> Google turned up the following: >> >> http://www.yourdictionary.com/dictionary-articles/free-online-grammar... >> >> http://spellcheckplus.com/ >> >> http://www.grammarly.com/?q=grammar&gclid=CLWSs9SThaICFQa0bwodgg1yFw >> >> -- >> Hope this helps. >> >> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my >> services on a paid consulting basis. >> >> Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com >> >> "Robert Macy" <m...(a)california.com> wrote in message >> >> news:0c6a14a6-bee3-4a42-906e-edf6a1e25a3a(a)r5g2000yqr.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > ...of an online website to check a sentence, or phrase, for >> > grammatical accuracy and correct punctuation? >> >> > everything I've found so far wants money for a book or lessons, or >> > worse wants to give me pragmatic rules which rarely apply. >> >> > anybody know of something very, very effective? > > thank you for these URLs. > > the first one had four sites, each were spell check only, the last was > 30 days or $49 > > the second one was spell check only > > the third was spell check only until I asked for grammar then it said > it won't work with my browzer! kept wanting me to run WinXP and later > programs. That's crazy! this is a text monitoring program, why would > anyone need higher than DOS!!! > > Odd it is so difficult to find out if punctuation is correct. >
From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 4 Jun 2010 18:38 If you want a fourth opinion, ask Peter T. Daniels - grammatim(a)verizon.net -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Robert Macy" <macy(a)california.com> wrote in message news:dda8debb-3835-4ec8-9ba8-c93239873327(a)x27g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > On Jun 3, 6:31 pm, "bj" <bjone...(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote: >> "Robert Macy" <m...(a)california.com> wrote in message >> >> news:0c6a14a6-bee3-4a42-906e-edf6a1e25a3a(a)r5g2000yqr.googlegroups.com... >> >> > ...of an online website to check a sentence, or phrase, for >> > grammatical accuracy and correct punctuation? >> >> > everything I've found so far wants money for a book or lessons, or >> > worse wants to give me pragmatic rules which rarely apply. >> >> > anybody know of something very, very effective? >> >> Send a copy to your old high school English teacher! >> bj > > LOL! > > Delay is tooooo long, plus when I ran it by 3 different English > 'experts' I got three different answers!!!
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