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I know this, let's assume to be a duplicate question and an answer was already posted here, but my question is entirely different.

I want to know if there is a grammar (not only spell) checking tool (for English) available to be installed on Ubuntu, so that its use is not limited to only LibreOffice, but also can be used for Skype (or other messaging apps), documents (LibreOffice, WPS Office, Geany), notes, memos, everything.

I would be thankful to everyone who tries to answer - or corrects me, or lets me know if this question doesn't make sense.

Kumar A.
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You may want to check out the LanguageTool project. You can download and install the LanguageTool Desktop version for offline use, which lets you check for grammar and spelling errors on the desktop.
After download of the LanguageTool file - unzip the file and start languagetool.jar by double-clicking it.
Notes : LanguageTool requires Java 8 or later to be installed | Comparison of LanguageTool Editions

cl-netbox
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There is also Antidote (commercial software, sold for €119) which supports numbers of applications even LaTeX documents!

Here is a review (in french) using Linux.

Screenshot from the review

SomeOne
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For a command line solution, you could install the link-grammar package (sudo apt-get install link-grammar).

Usage examples:

$ echo 'I early wake up today.' | link-parser
link-grammar: Info: Dictionary found at /usr/share/link-grammar/en/4.0.dict
link-grammar: Info: Dictionary version 5.11.0, locale en_US.UTF-8
link-grammar: Info: Library version link-grammar-5.12.0. Enter "!help" for help.
No complete linkages found.
Found 12 linkages (12 had no P.P. violations) at null count 1
    Linkage 1, cost vector = (UNUSED=1 DIS= 0.00 LEN=9)

+-----------------Xp----------------+
+-------->WV-------->+---MVpn---+   |
+->Wd--+-----Sp*i----+-MVa-+    |   |
|      |             |     |    |   |



LEFT-WALL I.p [early] wake.v up.e today .


Bye.

$ echo 'I early wake up today.' | link-parser -batch
link-grammar: Info: Dictionary found at /usr/share/link-grammar/en/4.0.dict
Batch mode turned on.
link-grammar: Info: Dictionary version 5.11.0, locale en_US.UTF-8
link-grammar: Info: Library version link-grammar-5.12.0. Enter "!help" for help.
+++++ error 1
1 error.
Bye.
Flux
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