Text enrichment software tool?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Erez Perelmuter wondered: <<Are you familiar with a software tool that 
can enrich the text and wording of an existing English document so they 
will look more text-wise professional ?>>

There's no such beast. I'm not an expert linguist, but I do keep an eye 
on developments in this area, and my estimation is that it'll be at 
least 10 years before anyone comes up with a moderately useful tool in 
this area.

You can use Word's grammar checker (and presumably standalone grammar 
checkers), with various "style types" selected, to spot certain 
stylistic problems. The tool does a better job than you might expect, 
but not an acceptable job. If you want your writing to appear 
professional, you still need a good human editor.

<<For  example to change “I am happy with your performance” may be 
upgraded to: “I am completely thrilled with your outstanding 
achievement,” What do you think of such a tool ?>>

You mean after I stopped laughing? I'd be extremely skeptical about any 
human who tried to write or speak like that. Why would you want to 
change the text? The original is fine, albeit somewhat vague.

--Geoff Hart   ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca
(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)


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