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Grammar and spelling mistakes reduce the "credibility" of a
project. From personal experience, I know that I have decided
not to donate to certain projects, because the project description
had spelling & grammar mistakes (if the teacher doesn't know how to
write, perhaps my money would be better spent on supplies for a
teacher that does know how to write...)
You can use SAS to quickly look for strings in text, such as
common grammar & spelling mistakes. If such checks were run
before the projects go "live", then they could be corrected.
I'm including just a few simple checks in this example, to
demonstrate what is possible...
I look for...
"will compliment" (wrong word - should be "complement")
"the the" (word used twice, rather than once)
"accomodate" (misspelling of "accommodate")
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