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Proposer

Rob Stewart

Title

Mechanising English writing checks

Goal

Automate the checking of written English to encourage good writing style

Description

William Strunk wrote the book "The Elements of Style" in 1918, and it remains influential and invaluable for English writers. It provides "principal requirements of plain English style". It aims to "lighten the task of instructor and student by concentrating attention on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated." This project will explore to what extent one can mechanise the English writing rules set out in this book. Similar attempts have been made to mechanise "linting" checks as software, e.g. textlint and its vast set of plugins. https://textlint.github.io/ Can William Strunk's book be implemented as one or several textlint plugins? Will users, e.g. academics writing papers and students writing dissertations, value the suggestions made? How accurate is the software to the book's given examples? Which rules in the book cannot mechanised in this way?

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Difficulty Level

Moderate

Ethical Approval

None

Number Of Students

1

Supervisor

Rob Stewart

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Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems
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Master of Design in Games Design and Development
Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence
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