check articles like "a" and "the" with office 2007 spell and gramm

[thaar]

Dear all
is it possible to check the right using of articles like "a" and "the" with
office 2007 spell and grammar checking.
My grammar and spell checkers work fine but only this is not working, i
select all options and tried it several times


best regards
thaar

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Even linguistic scholars who specialize in the study of English have
not been able to fully describe the use of the articles in English, so
asking a computer program to get it right every time is really asking
too much.

 

[thaar]

Dear all
but it at least should find some of these errors in articles.
i found another maybe bug, the grammar checker can not find errors in
questions like
what command initializes ....?
must be
what command does initialize ....?

is it only in my system or its a bug?

best regards
thaar

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

No, "What command initializes ...?" is correct.

The other form would be used in "What command does the keyboard
shortcut xxx initialize?"

Can you give an example of what you think is an incorrect article use
that Word did not mark?

 

[thaar]

Dear Peter
thanks for your response
regarding does your right with the examples you give but i mean the wrong in
the following can not be discovered
What command the keyboard
shortcut xxx initializes?, this is not discovered by the grammar checker.
regarding the articles here is an example that can not be discovered by the
grammar checker in office 2007 professional under xp sp3
"In this section, the networking essentials are presented"
the correct is
"In this section, networking essentials are presented"
can you tell me what is the accuracy of the grammar and spell checking? is
90% for example
best regards
thaar

 

[thaar]

Peter
another example
Government is good. which is wrong and cant be discovered by grammar and
spell checker
the correct is
The Government is good.

can you check this in your system

best regards
thaar

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

(please see below)

Dear Peter
thanks for your response
regarding does your right with the examples you give but i mean the wrongin
the following can not be discovered
What command  the keyboard
shortcut xxx initializes?, this is not discovered by the grammar checker.

Perhaps because it is not a mistake that would ordinarily be made?

regarding the articles here is an example that can not be discovered by the
grammar checker in office 2007 professional under xp sp3
"In this section, the networking essentials are presented"
the correct is
"In this section, networking essentials are presented"

Both of those sentences are correct. They mean different things.

can you tell me what is the accuracy of the grammar and spell checking? is
90% for example

I have no idea; I would never ask a computer to check my grammar.
There should be no problems with spell checking, except if a word is
misspelled but the mistake is a different real word. (For instance, if
I had typed "a different reel world," that would be a spelling
mistake, but "reel" is a real word, so the spell checker would not
mark it.)

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Both of those sentences are correct. They mean different things.

 

[thaar]

No peter some of them are wrong and are simple to discover, see the example
below
What command does the keyboard shortcut initializes?
its wrong
however, the office 2007 grammar and spell checker found problems more
difficult than these.
So, I think these simple mistakes, maybe because of problem settings or bugs.
I selected all settings and check it, its working fine for difficult problems.
best regards
thaar

 

[Graham Mayor]

There are undoubtedly limitations in the grammar checker. As Peter has
already said, the complexity (and changing nature) of language is such that
perfect grammar checking by computer is an impossible aim. Furthermore you
need an excellent grounding in the grammatical construction of the language
to be able to interpret whether the grammar checker suggestions are valid.
These are not problem settings nor bugs, but limitations in the ability of
the grammar checker.

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[Peter T. Daniels]

No peter some of them are wrong and are simple to discover, see the example
below
What command does the keyboard shortcut  initializes?
its wrong

That is clearly a mistake. Your last two examples were not mistakes.