Issue 125623 - Grammar checker has never worked.
Summary: Grammar checker has never worked.
Status: CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: editing (show other issues)
Version: 4.1.1
Hardware: PC Windows, all
: P3 Major with 1 vote (vote)
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Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Reported: 2014-09-14 04:09 UTC by Joe Ferrucci
Modified: 2017-05-20 10:11 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Joe Ferrucci 2014-09-14 04:09:53 UTC
The grammar checker in Open Office Writer has never worked.  I've typed in "I ain't got no money" and when checked by the grammar checker, it checked out as good grammar.  If I were still in school this would be a major problem since I've never been an English major.  However, I'd like to do some serious writing for publication and a word processor with a working grammar checker is critical.
Comment 1 oooforum (fr) 2014-09-15 10:06:48 UTC
Please note that dictionaries are not developed by OpenOffice team.
Theses extensions are maintained by third parties. 

If you find a bug in a dictionary, try to find the original maintainer and report it to him.

For user help support, contact the forum or the mailing list:
https://forum.openoffice.org/
users@openoffice.apache.org
Comment 2 Rteegala10 2014-10-19 02:54:00 UTC
I am able to re-produce the issue that user had created.

Steps:

1. Launch Open Office Writer
2. Type a sentence that has incorrect grammar
3. Press F7 function key board

Expected Result: Open Office will highlight the incorrect grammar usage word 

Actual Result:  The grammar checker is not working as expected

Tested with Open Office Version 4.0.1
Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
RAM: 4GB
Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.5GHz
Comment 3 Keith N. McKenna 2014-10-19 04:17:21 UTC
(In reply to Joe Ferrucci from comment #0)
> The grammar checker in Open Office Writer has never worked.  I've typed in
> "I ain't got no money" and when checked by the grammar checker, it checked
> out as good grammar.  If I were still in school this would be a major
> problem since I've never been an English major.  However, I'd like to do
> some serious writing for publication and a word processor with a working
> grammar checker is critical.

To the best of my knowledge OpenOffice has never had a grammar checker native to the program. There are a number of third party extensions that do offer it. If you are using one of these and it is not working, you should report it to the extension author.

If you believe that AOO should have a native grammar checker then the issue type should really be changed to Enhancement.
Comment 4 oooforum (fr) 2014-10-28 10:21:21 UTC
According to previous comment #1 and comment #3