tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post5425247024247526176..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: Correct All Grammar Errors And Plagiarism!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-87700175599369828712010-06-22T17:12:34.005-04:002010-06-22T17:12:34.005-04:00Essay plagiarism checker<a href="http://plagiarisma.net" rel="nofollow">Essay plagiarism checker</a>Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134870589800083447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-78212969624943731092010-04-23T15:54:48.151-04:002010-04-23T15:54:48.151-04:00Anonymous, I think the HuffPo has a job waiting fo...Anonymous, I think the HuffPo has a job waiting for you.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-91938746471345246912010-04-23T14:45:46.279-04:002010-04-23T14:45:46.279-04:00The worst grammar mistake in this article is the u...The worst grammar mistake in this article is the use of the nonsensical term 'vast majority'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-37643700452893502572010-03-05T14:27:18.695-05:002010-03-05T14:27:18.695-05:00Unfortunately, Grammarly requires registration to ...Unfortunately, Grammarly requires registration to see what the actual "errors" were, so I'm as baffled as you, Arnold ... uh, Mr. Zwicky? Professor Zwicky? Dr. Zwicky? Arnie? (if it were 1988 I'd go with <i>The Zwickster, The Zwickanator, Zwiiiiiiiik</i>, but that joke wore out its welcome with Milli Vanilli and spandex).<br /><br />I suspect that the rise of these online tools is also associated with the spike in international enrollment at universities, especially here in the States. There are so many ESL/EFL students here now, I'm sure many are willing to shell out a couple bucks for anything they think will help them improve their essay grades. Ripe pickins for the scam artists running those sites.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-5113703133481645562010-03-05T05:31:46.468-05:002010-03-05T05:31:46.468-05:00Not that I'm immune to stupidity, but I decide...Not that I'm immune to stupidity, but I decided against visiting HuffPo's grammar post, guessing that it would be unlikely to either amuse or edify. Your pithy dismissal seems to validate my decision.<br /><br />I've seen a few of these online prose-fixing services spring up in recent times. They seem to rely on general grammatical ignorance and on people's fear of seeming uneducated. For now at least, I don't see how they could be an effective substitute for a professional editor, i.e. an experienced human.Stanhttp://stancarey.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-7677888517266158412010-03-05T00:17:02.268-05:002010-03-05T00:17:02.268-05:00Yes, I used a passive, but the two "spelling ...Yes, I used a passive, but the two "spelling errors" baffle me; the spellchecker on my Mac finds just one item not in its dictionary: "Zwicky" (which it suggests replacing by "Wick").Arnold Zwickyhttp://www.stanford.edu/~zwickynoreply@blogger.com