Re: grammar tool in linux ... perhaps in emacs

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

gary turner wrote:

> Going back to DOS, I had (and still have on an old Win98 box) an app
> called RightWriter, which applied the rules from Strunk & White's
> /Elements of Style/.  It even came with a copy of the book, and each
> comment referenced the rule by number.
> 
> It was/is superior to Grammatik (sp?), a real PoS, and another major
> player of the time, whose name I can't remember.  RightWriter was
> published by Prentiss-Hall.  I made inquiries regarding new versions or
> availability of the source.  They were met with silence.  A damned
> shame, as porting a DOS program to Linux ought to be fairly straight
> forward, and RightWriter would be worth the effort.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> gary

I came across this comparison of some grammar checkers. It is quite
informative and also very insightful with very interesting discussion
about the freeze in development in grammar checkers since MS came in to
the field:
http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/grammar/gramchek.htm

I tried queequeg. I haven't tested on my own prose, but it has failed to
detect double words in my little test. Those were, however, caught by
diction.

The other tools that appears to be somewhat interesting is LanguageTool.
It can be run as a stand alone application (Java) or as OOo extension.
The most recent version, however, is only for OOo 3.0 which is expected
to be released in some weeks' time.