5. The non-transitory computer storage of claim 1 , wherein the process comprises responding to a determination that the sentence includes the word “what” followed by a verb unit followed by a “to be” verb followed by a noun unit by selecting a proposed edit that comprises deleting the word “what”, the verb unit, and the “to be” verb.
1. Non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon executable code that directs a computing system to detect and correct a writing problem in text by a process that comprises: searching a sentence of the text for at least one sign that indicates the possible occurrence or absence of a writing problem, the at least one sign comprising the word “what” and one or more of a verb unit and a “to be” verb; in response to determining that the word “what” is present, determining if one or more of a verb unit and a “to be” verb is present in the sentence; and selecting a proposed edit to suggest to a user, the proposed edit comprising deleting at least the word “what”.