Grammar Engines Comparison
| Grammar error type | Example | SpellChecker.net | Microsoft Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adjective-Adverb Errors/comparative adjectives and adverbs | That was the most stupidest book that I've ever read. | not detected | detected |
| Apostrophe Misuse | someones' book | detected | detected |
| Einsteins law | not detected | detected | |
| i will take all students papers. | not detected | not detected | |
| Steve and Jim dorm room | not detected |
not detected | |
| whos | detected | not detected | |
| Article Errors | a apple | not detected | detected |
| a sand | not detected | detected | |
| Let's buy a furniture | not detected | detected | |
| go to a class | not detected | not detected | |
| Capitalization Errors | Her name is linda | detected | detected |
| Mr. Matsumoto speaks english well | not detected | detected | |
| They traveled around the carribean islands | detected | detected | |
| I play tennis on mondays. | not detected | detected | |
| Willie Walsh, britishairways' new boss, says this summer's wildcat strike action by airline staff was damaging. | not detected | not detected | |
| icici bank says backlog clear | detected | detected | |
| every christmas | detected | detected | |
| bill of rights | not detected | not detected | |
| jurassic era | detected | detected | |
| buddhist holiday losar | detected | not detected | |
| bible chapters | not detected | not detected | |
| cia open source notification system | detected | detected | |
| Comma Omissions | A circuit with ten states, using one discrete voltage value for each state, can be designed but it would posess a very low reliability of operation. | not detected | not detected |
| For each instruction the control unit informs the processor to execute the operation specified by the instruction. | not detected | not detected | |
| Furthermore one of the most powerful ways of analyzing data is to display them as a graph | not detected | not detected | |
| When two sounds heard together are unpleasant they create dissonance. | not detected | not detected | |
| The memory unit stores programs as well as input, output and intermediate data. | not detected | not detected | |
| The ratio of the square of the periods of any two planets according to Kepler is equal to the ratio of the cube of their distances to the sun. | not detected | not detected | |
| Fuel reprocessing technology unlike nuclear waste production has not advanced. | not detected | not detected | |
| Light pollution or "sky glow" seriously diminishes the amount of starlight visible to the naked eye. | not detected | not detected | |
| Comma Splice | When a processor is combined with a control unit it forms a component called a CPU a CPU contained in a small integrated circuit package is known as a microprocessor. | not detected | not detected |
| Double Negatives | Jeff did not do no lab report. | not detected | detected |
| Jeff thought the instructor would not say nothing to him about it. | not detected | detected | |
| Failure to Use A Possessive Before a Gerund | The instructor did not approve of him assisting Don with his lab report. | not detected | not detected |
| Faulty Coordination | I read an article in the paper that believes in capital punishment. | not detected | not detected |
| Fragments | To understand the operation of each digital module. It is necessary to have a basic knowledge of digital systems and their general behaviour. | not detected | detected |
| Fused/ "run-on sentence" Sentence | Binary logic is used to describe the manipulation and processing of binary information it is particularly suited for the analysis and design of digital systems. | not detected | not detected |
| Dangling Modifiers | Using an ammeter, the electrical current was measured. | not detected | not detected |
| Mixed Construction | If a person intends to pass the exam, then you should start tonight. | not detected | not detected |
| Parallelism | Jim likes to surf the net, to design games, and watching science-fiction movies. | not detected | not detected |
| Past Tense Errors | I am suppose to turn my paper in today. | detected | detected |
| Plurality Errors-Nouns | thiefs | detected | detected |
| partys | detected | not detected | |
| heros | detected | detected | |
| Pronoun Case Errors | Who do you trust? | not detected | not detected |
| she sends it ours | not detected | not detected | |
| Pronoun Reference | Newton's law of universal gravitation states that the force between them depends on the product of their masses divided by the square of the distance betwen their centers. | not detected | not detected |
| Shifts in Person or Number | The senior design team expects to get an "A" on their project. | not detected | not detected |
| Shifts in Tense | Tom went to the game, but he leaves early. | not detected | not detected |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | The books on the shelf is about electrical engineering. | not detected | detected |
| Unnecessary Commas | A combinational circuit, may have don't-care conditions. | not detected | detected |
| The slightest, push, pull, or twist, could accelerate the huge satellite, giving it an incorrect or even dangerous velocity. | not detected | not detected | |
| Verb Errors (wrong form) | bited | detected | detected |
| bited | detected | detected |
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