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Business Communication Quarterly, Vol. 57, No. 3, 9-11 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/108056999405700303
© 1994 Association for Business Communication

Grammatik 5® for Windows: Random Thoughts from a White, Male, Middle-Class German-Canadian

Richard Mende

Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

In this potentially controversial article, the author expresses grave concerns about Grammatik 5 for Win dows, both as a teaching tool and as a subtle means of propagating a political perspective. His objections to the software are on four grounds: lexicological, grammatical, structural, and political. The software presents users with feedback that is often wrong, frequently confusing, and sometimes irrelevant. Of particular interest is his discov ery that Grammatik 5 has been programmed to encourage "political correctness."


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