I am searching for the best spelling and grammar checking tool for English language. I have no problem to buy this tool as long as it runs under linux (OpenOffice)...
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Last time I looked grammar checkers were few and far between. I'll be interested to see if you get any decent replies on that. – dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten Oct 01 '10 at 16:54
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I did once find a plug-in for OpenOffice (now called something else, I think) that did English grammar checking. You can probably find it by searching their plugin site. It was OK, but not great. And it was free. – FrustratedWithFormsDesigner Oct 01 '10 at 17:13
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunspell
- Despite its name, it is not for Hungarian alone anymore
- Open Source
- Run on Open Office
- Fairly well-known
- Probably less powerful than AfterTheDeadline/Polishmywriting.com
AfterTheDeadline
- Powerful, it can check style too
- Open Source
- Run on Open Office -(there is also a web-based version at Polishmywriting.com, but I could not achieve comparable results - browser-based versions exist too, making it legible for Google's OpenOffice, Google Drive)
- Well-known
- Still room to grow compared to some proprietary software (but here I am talking about spellchecker for French, not for English, so I can't compare)
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Check out:
https://superuser.com/questions/257395/grammar-and-spelling-checking-software
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For some suggestions. Personally, I have used after the deadling for open office and found it useful enough.
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