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From: Robert Macy on 4 Jun 2010 18:55
On Jun 4, 3:34 pm, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <d...(a)REMOVECAPSmvps.org>
wrote:
> 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" <m...(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.

Interesting. Unfortunately, the audience is not likely to be that
group that gapped in education.

As in, "Why Johnny Can't Read," now in VHS format!

From: Robert Macy on 4 Jun 2010 18:57
On Jun 4, 3:38 pm, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <d...(a)REMOVECAPSmvps.org>
wrote:
> If you want a fourth opinion, ask Peter T. Daniels - gramma...(a)verizon.net
>

looks like: Peter T. Daniels - gramma...(a)verizon.net


thanks but the email address is munged as it comes in here.
From: Terry Farrell on 4 Jun 2010 18:59
But he only has one opinion.

Terry Farrell

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr(a)REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message news:AA8912D0-AF39-43E2-BE1D-1C15EC5B90C8(a)microsoft.com...
If you want a fourth opinion, ask Peter T. Daniels - grammatim(a)verizon.net

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Hope this helps.

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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!!!
From: Robert Macy on 4 Jun 2010 19:13
On Jun 4, 3:59 pm, "Terry Farrell" <terryfarr...(a)msn.com> wrote:
> But he only has one opinion.
>
> Terry Farrell
>

Yes, but if that opinion agrees with mine, I'll consider him a wise
source of enlightenment
From: Doug Robbins - Word MVP on 4 Jun 2010 23:13
You will find him in the docmanagement newsgroup.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"Robert Macy" <macy(a)california.com> wrote in message
news:b46ad37c-6e68-49a6-8a65-448c8d33685d(a)z15g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
> On Jun 4, 3:38 pm, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <d...(a)REMOVECAPSmvps.org>
> wrote:
>> If you want a fourth opinion, ask Peter T. Daniels -
>> gramma...(a)verizon.net
>>
>
> looks like: Peter T. Daniels - gramma...(a)verizon.net
>
>
> thanks but the email address is munged as it comes in here.

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