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2. Muphry's law - Wikipedia

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   Stephen J. Dubner described learning of the existence of Muphry's law in the "Freakonomics" section of The New York Times in July 2008. He had accused The Economist of a typo in referring to Cornish pasties being on sale in Mexico, assuming that "pastries" had been intended and being familiar only with the word "pasties" with the meaning of nipple coverings.

3. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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   BSI proof-correction marks (conforming to BS 5261C:2005) as prepared by the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading; The style guide for publications of the European Union is presented in 24 European languages and includes a section on proofreading. Each edition has a sheet of proofreader's marks that appears to be the same apart from ...

4. Grammar checker - Wikipedia

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   One can write a somewhat complete formal grammar for a natural language, but there are usually so many exceptions in real usage that a formal grammar is of minimal help in writing a grammar checker. One of the most important parts of a natural language grammar checker is a dictionary of all the words in the language, along with the part of ...

5. Wikipedia:Spellchecking - Wikipedia

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   Many office suites, such as Microsoft Office and LibreOffice, are equipped with spelling and grammar checkers that are on by default.Open the Wikipedia article, select "edit" from the menu atop the page or section, select and copy the article source, paste it into a Word or Writer document, follow the red (spelling) and green (grammar) markers, and correct mistakes as necessary.

6. LanguageTool - Wikipedia

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   LanguageTool is a free and open-source grammar, ... LanguageTool does not check a sentence for grammatical correctness, but whether it contains typical errors ...

7. Grammarly - Wikipedia

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   The company initially offered a subscription-based product intended to help students improve their grammar and spelling. [5] That product was subsequently developed into a writing assistant that checks the grammar, spelling, and tone of a piece of writing. [5] [6] [7] By 2015, Grammarly had one million active daily users. [8]