amperser / proselint

A linter for prose.
http://proselint.com
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Catch "how does X look like" error. #649

Open jbwhit opened 7 years ago

jbwhit commented 7 years ago

Finding the phrase (usually by non-native English speakers): An erroneous combination of two types correct sentences:

To arrive at the incorrect: "How does X look like?"

I don't have a handy reference besides something like: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55672/is-it-what-it-looks-like-or-how-it-looks-like

joshmgrant commented 7 years ago

This is a neat idea. I'd support this 👍

Of course, pull requests are welcome :)