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  <Title>C/n G o C/ Q W</Title>
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Abstract
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    <Paragraph position="0"> In the Microsoft Natural Language Processing System (MSNLP), grammar sharing between English, French, Spanish, and German has been an important means for speeding up the development time for the latter grammars.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> Despite significant typological differences between these languages, a mature English grammar was taken as the starting point for each of the other three grarnmars. In each case, through a combination of adding and deleting a modest number of grammar rules, and modifying the conditions on many others, a broad-coverage target grammar emerged. Tests indicate that this approach has been successful in achieving a high degree of coverage in a relatively short period of time.</Paragraph>
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