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Grammarly: The World's Most Accurate Grammar Checker

Grammarly is an automated proofreader and your personal grammar coach. Check your writing for grammar, punctuation, style and much more.  It is far more advanced than Microsoft Word and as a teacher it actually offers students a greater understanding of the fundamentals of correct grammar by providing examples and putting grammar into context.

Grammarly also has a very advanced plagiarism checker for those students who are a little too fond of the good old, copy and paste.

Using Grammarly Is Easy

  • Copy and paste a text into the editor. Press “Start Review,” then wait for the review process to finish.
  • Get a detailed report highlighting mistakes and other issues.
  • Review a list of issues and suggestions for improvement.

Grammarly vs. Microsoft® Word - Example mistakes caught only by Grammarly

Contextual Spelling The philosopher did not speak allowed often.
Modifier Presenting your ideas effectively improves communication.
Preposition Be careful for the ice, the steps are slippery!
Punctuation "Let's go outside" said the boy.
Quantifier Do you want more or less apples?