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Plural of Software #1 (permalink) Tue Feb 26, 2008 13:26 pm   Plural of Software		  
Hi,

If I want to talk about the plural of software, can I say for example grammar softwares as the plural of grammar software? If not, what is the correct plural for the word software?

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Maria
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Plural of Software #2 (permalink) Tue Feb 26, 2008 13:35 pm   Plural of Software		  
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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Plural of Software #3 (permalink) Tue Feb 26, 2008 13:51 pm   Plural of Software		  
Or you can say 'grammar software programs'.
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Recommended grammar proofreading tools #4 (permalink) Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:22 am   Recommended grammar proofreading tools		  
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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Recommended grammar proofreading tools #5 (permalink) Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:32 am   Recommended grammar proofreading tools		  
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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