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By JAMES J. KILPATRICK a t'niversal Press Syndicate
It is a truism, or so I had beloved until last week, that writers need all the help we can get. Now that I have tried a new piece of software call PC-Proof, I’m not so sure. Given this kind of help, I'm inclined to reconsider.
“This is the Grammar Checker you’ve been waiting for,” said the flier. “PC-Proof concentrates on finding serious grammatical errors. When PC-Proof detects a suspect sentence, it is presented to the user for proofreading. A short description of the suspect problem and how to fix it is provided. After proofreading the sentence and examining the description of the problem, the user can make any needed corrections.”
Well, said I, this doesn’t sound like proofreading. It sounds more like copyediting, but what the heck. Franklin T. Hu, author of the program, doesn’t claim that his PCProof will catch everything, but by isolation “unusual word order or usage,” the program will catch most of the errors we make. . To test this remarkable instructor, I retrieved a little story my grandaughter had written six years ago at the tender age of 11. Alina was then, and is now, a precocious darling. Her greatest joy is to shock Grandfather, or least to give it a good try. She tried with “The Real Story of Creation.”
In this story, God is an inventive immortal named Fred. The role of Adam is played by Ned, the role of
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