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Fri, 17 Mar 1995 09:34:22 -0500 |
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Thanks for sharing this. It was good for a chuckle.
About 2 years ago, when grammar-checkers were becoming common,
Mike Royko wrote a column describing his experience running the
Gettysburg Address through such software. His results were
as enlightening and entertaining as yours. I have often wished
that I had saved his column and the grammar-checker's evaluation--
too many long sentences, excessive use of prepositions, repetitive,
etc.--of Lincoln's style.
"But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate-we cannot consecrate-
we cannot hallow-this ground." It is easy to see, in this sentence
alone, massive potential for, ahem, improvement on Abe's grammar.
Spell-checkers, yes; grammar-checkers...well, nice try.
Mike Dooris
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