Proof-Reading Documentation — Introduction

Abstract

Checking natural language for errors can be subdivided into several levels of complexity. A well known kind of checking is the conventional word-based spelling checking. Nearly every text processing system has an integrated spelling checker (differing, however, in quality, especially where languages other than English, French, and German are concerned). Only a large dictionary is needed against which the text can be matched. But not all spelling errors, nor any grammatical errors or stylistic errors can be found out with these checkers.