English syntax highlighter using part-of-speech tagging
English syntax highlighter using part-of-speech tagging launched on March 18, 2016 with 147 votes, #232 of 4,409 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
In plain words
This English syntax highlighter uses natural language processing to identify and highlight parts of speech in any text entered by users. It handles complex sentences with words that have multiple grammatical functions, such as homonyms. Users can toggle between color-based and underline highlighting modes by clicking the legend, and the tool updates when users press tab or click outside the text area. It's designed for anyone interested in exploring English grammar interactively.
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From the sources
This is a syntax highlighter for English. It uses natural language processing to determine the part of speech for each word and highlights accordingly. It works with tricky sentences too, e.g. The man we saw saw a saw. To try it out, enter any text into the area to the left. Then, press tab or click outside of the text area in order to refresh the highlighting. 2017/07/21 Underline mode instead of text colors, as suggested by the comments. 2016/09/09 You can now toggle the colors by clicking on the legend. Try it out! Suggestions or comments? Send them over tofrom english.edward.io
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