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Harper – an open-source alternative to Grammarly

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645 points ReadCarlBarks | 1 comments | 20 Jun 25 19:51 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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dartharva ◴[21 Jun 25 05:06 UTC] No.44334684[source]▶
I never understood the appeal of grammar tools. If you have reached the minimum professional/academic level needed to be designated to write something, shouldn't you at least be capable of verifying its semantic "correctness" just by reading through it once yourself?

Why would you pass a writing job to someone who isn't 100% fluent in the language and then make up for it by buying complex tools?

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1. jordanpg ◴[21 Jun 25 19:14 UTC] No.44340000[source]▶
I'm a lawyer. I write 10s of pages of text every day. "Reading through it once yourself" is obviously an imperfect solution. See, e.g., Poisson statistics. It's also slow and I bill in 6-minute increments. There is significant value in a grammar tool that protects confidentiality and is more effective than my wetware.