[Libreoffice-qa] Grammar check does not work, when there is no spellcheck in a document

[Manfred J. Krause]

Hi,

On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Andras Timar wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Pedro wrote:
>> Thomas Hackert wrote
>>> Hi again,
>>> "sigh" ... It seems, either I expect too unexpected things from LO,
>>> or the grammar check is not usable at all ... :( But if I switch my
>>> UI settings to en-US, I can write something completely rubbish, and
>>> the grammar checker will not find it, if all words are written
>>> correctly ... :(
>>
>> You should notice that the message says "The spellcheck is complete"
>> There is no grammar correction. That is one of the (main?) reasons people
>> prefer MS Word ;)
>>
>> In any case using Word 2003, the final sentence after grammar correction is
>> "Does he know that he has wrong?" which is much better than "Does he known,
>> that he has wrong." but still isn't correct English...
>>
>> So, the answer is "B) grammar check is not usable at all" only spell
>> checking is performed (which means that the menu option name "Spelling and
>> Grammar" is misleading)
>>
>
> The built-in English grammar checker (Lightproof) does not know many
> rules. It does not mean, that "B) grammar check is not usable at all".
> It works as designed. Spell checkers and grammar checkers are UNO
> components, so users don't have to use the standard, built-in ones,
> but it is possible to use alternatives. Examples include Zemberek
> (Turkish spell checker), Voikko (Finnish spell checker), Duden
> Korrektor (German), and LanguageTool (grammar checker for many
> languages).


Sample: LibreOfficeDev 4.2.0.0.beta2 / LanguageTool 2.3
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0EPDeSWKu9xN1RnVk5ObW9QcWs/edit

Have a nice day -
Manfred