Re: Grammar checking

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> Cc: relekarpayas@gmail.com, gregory@heytings.org, rms@gnu.org,
>  m.eliachevitch@posteo.de, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:29:46 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> I am using it in real-life scenarios for authoring.
> >> LanguageTool the most sophisticated Libre grammar checker around, AFAIK.
> >
> > That's not enough, IMO.  It should be good in absolute terms, not in
> > relative terms.
> 
> Well. It is hard for me to judge in absolute terms. I can only compare
> with my own grammar checking by hand (Langtool is better), with feedback
> from others (no significant issues after using Langtool; but it does not
> tell much), and with Grammarly (it was still able to find some valid
> issues after Langtool). What would be the absolute benchmark to test
> "how good is Langtool"?

I'm quite sure such benchmarks already exist out there.  We don't need
to invent them.