COMPUTER PROCESSES FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING WRITING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH NOMINALIZATIONS

Disclosed are systems and methods for analyzing and improving document readability. For example, a method of text analysis is disclosed that can deal with problems related nominalizations in text. Such a method can include the following steps: ascertaining automatically whether or not at least one sign is present in text, the sign relating to a possible writing problem, the sign comprising a characteristic of nominalizations; and proposing an edit to a user, the edit comprising changing a nominalization if the sign is determined to not be a false positive. Various other rules for improving text are also disclosed.