[Gllug] LinuxDoc / DocBook Documentation Writting

[Ryland, Peter]

On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 01:45 +0100, Nix wrote:
> And if you have a really document to work on, let someone else proofread

s/really /really big /

Funnily enough, a grammar checker may have actually picked that up. :-)

> it. Let *them* be your grammar checker. (That last sentence would be
> flagged as grammatically incorrect by some idiot prescriptivists and
> even more idiot grammar checkers: singular `they', you see.)

I guess I'm an idiot prescriptivist then.  I despise that usage.  Just
pluralise the whole thing instead if you want to avoid the "he/she"
thing.

Anyway, the biggest beef I have with grammar checkers is that they don't
take into account the context nor the intentions of the author (like
suggesting the avoidance of passive voice on a scientific experiment
report).  Also, users need to actually grok grammar anyway in order to
fix their sentences appropriately.

Pete


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