WhiteSmoke Writer vs. Microsoft Word
| Feature | Wrong Sentence | WhiteSmoke | Word 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spelling | We cover miscelleneous topics. | Right correction: We cover miscellaneous topics. | Right correction: We cover miscellaneous topics. |
| Contextual Spelling | They did not except our offer. I still wander why. | Right correction: They did not accept our offer. I still wonder why. | No correction |
| Inserting Missing Words: Auxiliaries | I would very interested to meet you. I very happy with your work. I seen it before, and it's very impressive. | Right correction: I would be very interested to meet you. I am very happy with your work. I have seen it before, and it's very impressive. | Wrong or no corrections: I would very interest to meet you. I very happy with your work. [Fragment. Consider revising.] I seen it before, and it's very impressive |
| Inserting Missing Words: Determiners | Meredith made decision not to eat chocolate ever again. | Right correction: Meredith made a decision not to eat chocolate ever again. | No correction |
| Inserting Missing Words: Prepositions |
James likes go trekking in the woods. |
Right correction:
James likes to go trekking in the woods. |
No correction |
| Inserting Missing Words: Incomplete Phrases | In to be accurate, you need to use a calculator such the one in your cell phone. | Right correction: In order to be accurate, you need to use a calculator such as the one in your cell phone. | No correction |
| Inserting Missing Words: Sentence Subject | Seems that he can't handle the pressure. Am so happy to see you. | Right correction: It seems that he can't handle the pressure. I am so happy to see you. | Ambiguous corrections: (Fragment. Consider revising.) |
| Agreement: Subject-Verb | Marketing are bad for our brand. | Right correction: Marketing is bad for our brand. | No correction |
| Agreement: Number | Three bird soared to the skies, and one of the guy turned around. | Right correction: Three birds soared to the skies, and one of the guys turned around. | Mixed corrections Three birds soared to the skies, and one of the guy turned around. |
| Agreement: To+Infinitive | I would like to goes for a walk. | Right correction: I would like to go for a walk. | No correction |
| Agreement: Auxiliary-Verb | Have you saw the new Tarantino? | Right correction: Have you seen the new Tarantino? | Ambiguous correction: Non-Standard Question (consider revising) |
| Comparative / Superlative Adjective | This guy is more nicer than before. | Right correction: This guy is nicer than before. | Right correction: This guy is nicer than before. |
| Countable / Uncountable Noun | I have much table. | Right correction: I have many tables. | No correction |
| Tense Correction By Context | I saw this movie tomorrow. | Right correction: I will see this movie tomorrow. | No correction |
| Correcting Inconsistency in Coordinated Verbs | This book contains rare material but seem to be sold everywhere. | Right correction: This book contains rare material but seems to be sold everywhere. | No correction |
| Correcting Wrong Verb Inflection of Irregular Verb | He writed to me back in college. | Right correction: He wrote to me back in college. | False corrections |
| Changing Noun Form to Verb Form | I want to handout the exam. | Right correction: I want to hand out the exam. | No correction |
| Fixing 'To' + Gerund | She admitted to cheat on the test. | Right correction: She admitted to cheating on the test. | No correction |
| Fixing 'To' + Infinitive | I'd like to going there with you. | Right correction: I'd like to go there with you. | Right correction: I'd like to go there with you. |
| Fixing Possessive Constructions | Marias speech was moving. | Right correction: Maria's speech was moving. | No correction |
| Fixing Gerund/Infinitive Confusion | I have difficulty to write a lot. | Right correction: I have difficulty writing a lot. | No correction |
| Changing Adjectives to Adverbs | I actual got off the plane. | Right correction: I actually got off the plane. | No correction |
| Correcting Adjectival Form (Comparative / Superlative) | John tries to be more quiet lately. | Right correction: John tries to be quieter lately. | Right correction: John tries to be quieter lately. |
| Fixing Wrong Prepositions in Adjectival Phrases | I'm capable for doing three things at the same time. | Right correction: I'm capable of doing three things at the same time. | No correction |
| Fixing Incorrect Spacing between Words | This is m ycar. | Right correction: This is my car. | False corrections |
| Fixing A/An Confusion | He has a honorary degree. | Right correction: He has an honorary degree. | Right correction: He has an honorary degree. |
| Punctuation: Inserting a period at the end of a sentence (including run-ons) | I'm John how are you? | Right correction: I'm John. How are you? | Right correction: I'm John. How are you? |
| Punctuation: Inserting a Comma after an Introductory Phrase | In my humble opinion this shouldn't have happened. | Right correction: In my humble opinion, this shouldn't have happened. | Right correction: In my humble opinion, this shouldn't have happened. |
| Punctuation: Inserting a Question Mark at the End of a Question | How much is it. | Right correction: How much is it? | No correction |
| Punctuation: Inserting a Comma after a Greeting | Hey there mate what's up? | Right correction: Hey there mate, what's up? | No correction |
| Punctuation: Inserting a Comma between Dependent Clauses | When you're ready to start please let me know. | Right correction: When you're ready to start, please let me know. | No correction |
| Punctuation: Inserting a Comma between Coordinated Clauses | I'm not sure if I can make it tomorrow but I'll send my lawyer to meet you. | Right correction: I'm not sure if I can make it tomorrow, but I'll send my lawyer to meet you. | No correction |
| Punctuation: Inserting a Comma before/after Parenthetical Expressions | Ben is cool. Mark on the other hand is a fruitcake. | Right correction: Ben is cool. Mark, on the other hand, is a fruitcake. | No correction |
| Punctuation: Inserting a Comma before Descriptive Clauses | Come meet Julia who handles translations. | Right correction: Come meet Julia, who handles translations. | No correction |
| Deleting Repeated Words | Eve fixed her her bike. | Right correction: Eve fixed her bike. | Right correction: Eve fixed her bike. |
| Mixed-Case Correction | THis is wonderful. | Right correction: This is wonderful. | Right correction: This is wonderful. |
| Style: Substitute Coordinating Conjunctions in Sentence Beginnings to Appropriate Sentence Connectors | Yet the author does not address this problem directly. | Right correction: However, the author does not address this problem directly. | No correction |
| Style: Offering Alternative Wording to Whole Phrases | It is difficult to make an evaluation of this subject. | Right correction: It is difficult to evaluate this subject. | No correction |
| Style: Offering Alternative Wording to Whole Phrases | This is not possible. | Right correction: This is impossible. | No correction |
| Alert: Problematic Word Sequence | He she they are nice. | Right correction: [He she they – Problematic word sequence] are nice. | Wrong correction: He shed they are nice. |
| Alert: Incomplete Sentence | He did that because. | Right correction: He did that because. [Incomplete sentence] | No correction |
| Alert: Problematic Sentence Structure | What you do? | Right correction: What you do? [Alert: Problematic sentence structure] | No correction |
| Alert: Slang Usage | I didn't do it coz I didn't care. | Right correction: I didn't do it [coz – Informal language] I didn't care. | No correction |
| Thousands of Common Grammar Errors | They all enjoyed themselves, except from Michael. | Right correction: They all enjoyed themselves, except Michael | No correction |
