Parse fitting and prose fixing: getting a hold on ill-formedness
Karen Jensen, George E. Heidorn, Lance A. Miller, Yael Ravin · 1983
This paper first describes the fitting process and gives examples of ill-formed language situations where it is called into play. We then show how a fitted parse allows EPISTLE to carry on its text-critiquing mission where conventional grammars would fail either because of input problems or because of limitations in the grammars themselves. Some inherent difficulties of the fitting technique are also discussed. In addition, we explore how style critiquing relates to the handling of ill-formed input, and how a fitted parse can be used in style checking