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 #2 (permalink) Tue Feb 26, 2008 13:35 pm Plural of Software |
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Hi,
'Software' is a collective noun and so it doesn't need a plural. If you wanted to express a singular idea, you would say; A piece of software.
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:22 am Recommended grammar proofreading tools |
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Hi,
I heard of several automatic grammar proofreading tools that claim to fix my grammar and punctuation - how good are these tools and can they really help on improving my grammar?
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:32 am Recommended grammar proofreading tools |
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| marbrown85 wrote: |
| I heard of several automatic grammar proofreading tools that claim to fix my grammar and punctuation - how good are these tools and can they really help on improving my grammar? |
They are getting better and better, but they don't really work yet. They miss some sentences that are incorrect, and they stop on some sentences that are correct.
I have just used the grammar checker in Microsoft Word on this sentence:
My brother say, "Me no care."
The proofreading tool didn't find any grammatical mistakes in that, even though it's full of them. |
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