Microsoft files patent for verb conjugation software

[Grant Barrett]

According to Ars Technica, "Microsoft has filed an application to
patent the selection and conjugation of verbs by a computer program."

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060901-7646.html

The patent in question:

http://tinyurl.com/e5g7y

Grant Barrett
Double-Tongued Dictionary
http://www.doubletongued.org/
editor at doubletongued.org

The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English (May 2006, McGraw-Hill)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071458042/

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