tech,0-2-J86-1002,ak A method for <term> error correction </term> of <term> ill-formed input </term> is described that acquires <term> dialogue patterns </term> in typical usage and uses these <term> patterns </term> to predict new <term> inputs </term> . <term> Error correction </term> is done by strongly biasing <term> parsing </term> toward <term> expected meanings </term> unless clear evidence from the <term> input </term> shows the current <term> sentence </term> is not expected .
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