Microsoft Patents Verb Conjugations.

[zekrahminator]

Or a system of conjugating verbs, more accurately. The technique, which is a favourite in English language text books, allows the user to input the infinitive form or non-infinitive forms of a verb. When a user inputs a non-infinitive form of a verb, the verb conjugating system identifies a corresponding base form of the verb. The original system was invented by Eric Voetberg, Jinson Yu, Mark Stumpf and Robert Parkin.

Source: TheINQ (http://www.theinq.com/default.aspx?article=34217)

[W2hCYK]

wtf? what?? lol..

[spectre440]

wtf? what?? lol..

agreed. what the bloody hell is this supposed to be?

[Jimmy 2004]

agreed. what the bloody hell is this supposed to be?

I third that.

[Dark Ride]

Anyone cares to explain this ?

[W1zzard]

ok conjugating is:

go:
i go
you go
he/she/it goes
we go
you go
they go

now the $1B question is whats so special about doing this?

[Jimmy 2004]

I thought it did that anyway? Oh well, my grammar is normally good enough for that and I tend to use M$ word anyway. Sure open source will find another way to do it.

[zekrahminator]

...Next time I see stupid news like this, I think I'll take it to general nonsense :laugh:.

[POGE]

Move?

[Thermopylae_480]

Lol, ok. I get it. It's part of Office's grammar check system. You might want to clear that up, it sounds like Microsoft is trying to patent the english language.

[W2hCYK]

thats exactly what i thought. I thought they were trying to patent already made words and grammar rules. hahaha..