Chapter 3, Additional Exercise 2: Testing the Spell-Checker and Grammar-Checker

Type or cut and paste the following paragraph into your word processor, and then use the spell-checker and grammar-checker to analyze it. Which problems in the passage do the checkers identify? Do the checkers offer useful suggestions for fixing the problems? Do they miss any of the problems in the paragraph? Be prepared to share your findings with the class.

The Japanse have a almost mystical feeling for they language. People who speak Japanese are distinct by race and by birth. Native Japanese peoples learn kokugo, or national language. On the other hand, foreigners learn nihingo, or Japanese language. Leaning nihingo mean that you are racially distinct from the language and culture of native-born Japanese.