Google Search Can Now Critique Your Grammar (theverge.com) 22
The next time you want a quick gut check on whether a sentence is grammatically accurate, Google Search might have the answer. From a report: 9to5Google has spotted a "grammar check" feature that will offer suggestions on whether a given phrase is grammatically accurate. For example, type "the quick brown fox jump over the lazy dog" into the search engine and Google will highlight that you probably meant "jumps" instead of "jump."
Although most people probably don't care about the grammar of their search phrases, we suspect this tool is meant to be more general purpose. If one of your sentences looks off when you type it into a messaging app for example, Google's hope seems to be that you'll give it a check with Google Search -- because anything that encourages more searches and engagement is good for business.
wut? (Score:1)
fuk;
how long before Bad grammar overload! errors happe (Score:2)
how long before Bad grammar overload! errors happen?
Linguo.. dead? (Score:1)
a pangram is a really wrong example (Score:2)
with "jump", the letter "s" would be missing in the pangram - a much worse mistake than your average grammatical one...
Browser addon (Score:2)
Try Grammarly (Score:2)
It works fine, even in the free version
Stop adding MS feats nobody asked for (Score:5, Insightful)
Re: (Score:2)
You're using it wrong. (Score:2)
Return to search AS I ASKED not "something with similar most letters". Tired of this. Google search is crap now. Only popular stuff is found.
Erm, 1. "Popular shit" is exactly what Google is meant to find. The whole point of a search engine is to find the most wanted (read: popular) results for a query.
2. If you find Google isn't providing decent results, it'll be down to your query. I rarely venture to page 2 of Google results because usually what I need is found on page 1. Page 2 is where things tend to go a little obscure as to what you searched for.
I rarely have problems finding things with Google and when I do it's usually because the
That's just fantastic. (Score:3)
From the company that's spends more effort "correcting" my search terms to something completely unrelated because the word might be more popular than the oddly spelled acronym I was actually looking for, now they're going to correct my grammar for me as well? That's just absolutely fantastic. I'm sure it'll be 100% spot on, just like their crap-awful search engine's "corrections" have been for years now.
More difficule languages (Score:2)
just what we need (Score:2)
Just what we need, another grammar nazi. And google don't even have an ego issue like other grammar nazis have.
Re: (Score:2)
Just what we need, another grammar nazi. And google don't even have an ego issue like other grammar nazis have.
*doesn't*
gud findin (Score:4, Funny)
Like hell it can! (Score:2)
Wat? (Score:2)
Reminder to oldschool Slashdotters (Score:2)
If you find Google doesn't return results to you like you asked, this is a good reminder that you aren't using it right. Google is designed for the average moron. It parses sentences, not fragments. It answers questions, not discrete mathematics puzzels. If you find yourself typing AND, OR or NOT into search terms, you are using the wrong search engine.
Ask it a question like you would your mother and it may actually give you better results.
Re: (Score:2)
Google wasn't always like that at all. I prefer key word and boolean search. It makes sense to tailor your search to limit useless responses.