New grammar checker

This'll make the folks who do a lot of writing happy: Apple has finally implemented a grammar checker in Pages '08. Here's how they describe it:
*Proofreading Documents*
- You can set the Proofreader to flag writing errors as you type, or you can check your entire document or selected text at any time.
- Proofreading identifies the following types of writing errors:
- Improper capitalization
- Punctuation errors (for example, inconsistent spacing around dashes)
- Duplicated words
- Overly complex word choices (for example, “eventuate” instead of “take place”)
- Formatting errors (for example, abbreviations that should be spelled out in formal writing)
- Parts-of-speech errors (for example, using “an” instead of “a”)
- Jargon
- Misspellings
- Gender-specific expressions
-Dennis

Peggy, I think the reason it feels better than Word's grammar checking is because it doesn't try to do too much. In fact I don't think it is doing grammar at all - from my testing it seems to parse words/phrases, capitalization and punctuation. It clues in on overused/misused words and phrases, finds uncapitalized words immediately after periods, exclamations, and question marks, and tries to enforce US rules about punctuation...hm, wonder if it does British rules if British English is the default language? At any rate, while I have grammar checking turned off in Word, I've found the proofreading feature to be useful and not-annoying.

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