[grammatim[_2_]]

On Feb 9, 8:28*am, "L. Mohan Arun" wrote:

I'm sorry, but "web site maker software" isn't English. You might
intend "web sites of makers of software," or "software for making web
sites," and it isn't clear whether you are saying that the web sites
are bloated or the software is bloated.

Disagree with you here - My work requires me to use this exact phrase
"web site maker software" It is just like "office productivity
software" . I dont intend to say web sites of makers of software - it
looks you are going on a different trail.

If your work requires that, I hope you don't intend your work to be
read by people in English-speaking countries.

Going by your own version, "Other software for making web sites are
bloated." Gives an error in the "are" . It is not correct to say
"Other software for making web sites is bloated" because this sense is
plural not singular.

How many times do you have to be told: verb concord in English follows
the grammatical number of the subject, not the notional or semantic
number. "Other software are bloated" is UNGRAMMATICAL in every variety
of English.

I dont want to use terms other than "software" because I need to use
the exact keyword phrase that includes the term "software".

Then you must use a singular verb.

Ultimately what I wanted to say is not about how infallible machine
translation is - I simply wanted to point out the quirks in W2003
grammar so the powers that be can fix it in the next release. I know
grammar sensing is not that perfect.

They will not, however, change the feature that correctly marks
"software are" as a mistake.

It is not a problem, because the word "software" is singular, even if
it refers to more than one piece of software / more than one program.

Disagree - IT IS a problem with W2003 grammar. And I still say
software is a term that needs to be plural not singular. Or both.

It is not a matter for "disagreement." It is a matter of the way the
English language is spoken. You do not get to decide to change
English.

To prove this type this in w 2003
"There are other softwares for doing this."
"Softwares" term is flagged as error - right click - you will find
"software" as an option. Select that and it now complains about the
"are".

Have you bothered to look in your English grammar book for the concept
"mass noun"? How is it possible that you studied English as a Second
Language and were never taught about mass nouns vs. count nouns?

Regarding those two errors, the computer is absolutely correct.

Bottom line: Both the words "download" and "software" needs fixing in
Grammar in W2003

Grammar checkers don't operate on words. They operate on grammar.

You had not previously brought up the word "download," and I most
definitely do not want to know what your problem with it is.