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Title: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: rojawe on May 20, 2010, 09:00:27 PM
just checking and I can't find one
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: Hazcat on May 20, 2010, 09:15:52 PM
For Microsoft go to iespell http://www.iespell.com/
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: tombogan03884 on May 20, 2010, 09:41:09 PM
I don't think anything can check your grammer
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: Big Frank on May 20, 2010, 09:43:53 PM
I think you is be out of luck.  ;D
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: PegLeg45 on May 21, 2010, 06:30:08 AM
I think you is be out of luck.  ;D

 ;D
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: Pathfinder on May 21, 2010, 07:25:04 AM
Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there - yeah, it's called your brain, use it.   ;D

Jumbo - +1 
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: rojawe on May 21, 2010, 12:25:15 PM
Thanks Hazcat and to the rest when I reach for the toilet paper I will wipe your brain. ;D
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: Pathfinder on May 21, 2010, 06:51:18 PM
Thanks Hazcat and to the rest when I reach for the toilet paper I will wipe your brain. ;D


What are you thanking Haz for - he referred you to a spell checker, not a grammar checker. Grammar checkers are complex, usually embedded in your word processor along with the gazillions of rules that can be applied.

Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: rojawe on May 21, 2010, 06:55:42 PM
at least Hazcat tried so I can pass it on to my neighbor who is a legal immigrant
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: tombogan03884 on May 21, 2010, 07:02:22 PM
I used "IESpellcheck" before I switched to Firefox and it worked well for spelling most words, however I think some one relatively new to English is out of luck with an assistant in proper word usage.
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: Timothy on May 21, 2010, 07:12:29 PM
Some time ago, grammar was something that all kids that graduated from a decent high school could manage.

Now?  Not so much.....as Path said, grammar checkers are pretty difficult to manage and I've never heard of one that could be used reliably in a format such as we use here.

Simple corrections like using an "a" instead of an "an" can be problematic.

Nothing is better than good education and a decent typing course these days.  Who'd have thunk one semester of typing (taken simply to meet girls), would have come in so handy in my daily life.

 :D
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: m25operator on May 21, 2010, 07:20:26 PM
Both my Grammars have passed on, I don't need to check them anymore.
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: PegLeg45 on May 22, 2010, 08:45:15 PM
If you have a long, drawn out paragraph and want to check it, copy and paste it into MS Word 2007 and it will do a decent job with the grammar check.


And ya hafta wipe the brains AFTER you reach for the strikin' paper.........  ;D  ;)  ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: Hazcat on May 22, 2010, 08:58:09 PM
Send it to me first!  ;)
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: tombogan03884 on May 23, 2010, 12:38:14 AM
Also grammar checker I want.
 ;D
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: Pathfinder on May 23, 2010, 04:12:29 PM
Also grammar checker I want.
 ;D

And Yoda chimes in!  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: Hazcat on May 24, 2010, 09:15:01 AM
Both my Grammars have passed on, I don't need to check them anymore.


*****GROAN*****

;D
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: Hazcat on May 24, 2010, 09:17:54 AM
Thanks Hazcat and to the rest when I reach for the toilet paper I will wipe your brain. ;D


DOH!  How about some one get me a 'did ya really read it" checker!
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: PegLeg45 on May 24, 2010, 08:06:08 PM
DOH!  How about some one get me a 'did ya really read it" checker!

Lay off the Red Stripe and ya could read it better........  :o   ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: billt on May 24, 2010, 08:25:31 PM
Iz thinks der was sumtin like dat sumwear, butt iz fergets wear.   Bill T.
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: PegLeg45 on May 24, 2010, 08:29:34 PM
Iz thinks der was sumtin like dat sumwear, butt iz fergets wear.   Bill T.

It'z "furgets", Bill, NOT "fergets".......ain't you got no dikshunerry??..............dammit!






 ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: Umairee95 on January 13, 2018, 05:19:33 PM
You can try Grammarly or ProwiritngAid. You might find this guide helpful. It covers pretty much every tool out there: https://www.proficientblogging.com/grammar-and-punctuation-checker-tools/
Title: Re: Is there a real free Grammar checker out there
Post by: Rastus on January 13, 2018, 06:31:45 PM
Nice.  Welcome to the board.