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Harper – an open-source alternative to Grammarly

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645 points ReadCarlBarks | 2 comments | 20 Jun 25 19:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.421s | source
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pram ◴[20 Jun 25 22:20 UTC] No.44332656[source]▶
IMO not using LLMs is a big plus in my book. Grammarly has been going downhill since they've been larding it with "AI features," it has become remarkably inconsistent. It will tell me to remove a comma one hour, and then tell me to add it back the next.
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1. boplicity ◴[21 Jun 25 00:52 UTC] No.44333551[source]▶
General purpose LLMs seem to get very confused about punctuation, in my experience. It's one of their big areas of obvious failing. I'm surprised Grammarly would allow this to happen.
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2. jethro_tell ◴[21 Jun 25 05:35 UTC] No.44334801[source]▶
The internet, especially post phone keyboards, is extremely inconsistent about punctuation. I’m not sure how anyone could think an llm wouldn’t be.