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Editor score using : * Corrections: ** Spelling ** Basic Grammar: Flags capitalization, subject verb agreement, hyphen use, and other basic grammar errors **Advanced Grammar (paid version) Flag indirect questions, misheard phrases, commonly confused phrases, and other more complex grammar issues * Refinements (paid version): ** Clarity: Flags incorrect use of words, uncommon jargon, abstract words, passive voice, and double negatives. ** Conciseness: Flags wordiness, conjunction overuse ** Formality: Flags slang, informal phrases, colloquialisms, contractions, and other markers of casual, more conversational language. ** Inclusiveness: Flags slurs and deprecated descriptors of people ** Perspectives ** Punctuation conventions: Flags unnecessary commas, punctuation with quotes, sentence spacing, and other issues related to punctuation. ** Sensitive geopolitical references: promotes using official or neutral names and phrases, and tries to help when names of places have changed over time. ** Vocabulary: Flags vague adjectives, weak verbs, clichés, and other issues related to word choice. Recommends idiomatic collective nouns, such as ''beds of oysters'' over ''collections of oysters''. Recommends using terms specific to the reader's country or region, such as ''parkade'' over ''parking garage'' for Canadian readers. Editor recommends avoiding words that are specific to a US region; for example, it will suggest replacing ''bubbler'' with ''water fountain''.Geopolitical references
As described by Microsoft's ''Detailed descriptions of grammar and refinement guidance'' of June 2020, the guidance on sensitive geopolitical references promotes * using official place names, such as ''Canada'' over ''Republic of Canada'', * using the most politically neutral place name, such as ''Sea of Japan (East Sea)'' over ''East Sea'', * avoiding geopolitical terms that may imply bias, so it suggests using ''East Asia'' instead of ''Orient'', * avoiding the word 'dialect' for some languages, * using current geopolitical terms such as ''Czech'' instead of ''Czechoslovak'', * using current place names, such as ''St. Petersburg'' over ''Leningrad'', * avoiding technological terms that evoke geopolitical or humanitarian issues, so it suggests using ''secondary database'' over ''slave database'', * using modern transliterations, such as ''Chongqing'' over ''Chungking'', * double-checking names of defunct geopolitical entities in modern contexts, such as asking if ''Eastern Germany is beautiful in summer'' might be more appropriate than ''The GDR is beautiful in summer'', * using official names of languages, such as ''Persian'' over ''Farsi'', or ''European Spanish'' or ''Spanish'' over ''standard Spanish'', * and double-checking place names whose meaning has changed over time, such as ''Akmolinsk'' versus ''Tselinograd''.Platform support
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