The following changes have been done in version 1.8 of LanguageTool (xml-based rules only):

No new rules have been added and no rules have been removed.
NEW RULE	Test spacebefore on exceptions finds error in:Dogs blah blah finds error in:Dogs blah blah
NEW RULE	Test unification and skipping finds error in:This is Test1 Abc Xyz end. finds error in:This is Test1 Abc Def Xyz end. finds error in:This is Test1 Abc def Xyz end.