After using a variety of online grammar checkers services for over past few month, I think Grammarly is the best one available. Compared to the competition, it isn’t as buggy or slow, and it catches more errors and offers good suggestions for fixing them.
Grammarly is especially helpful if you have a pretty good handle on grammar and punctuation already and know what you’re doing. It’s a useful tool that can find technical errors, but the program struggles to give significant feedback about content overall. I am Dyslexic and find this tool the best before I would copy into word and then spell check it and read it through.
Grammarly works on Chrome, Safari and Firefox. One of the factors that makes Grammarly the best choice for an online grammar checker is how easy it is to use on different web apps and even in Microsoft Word. Unlike other grammar checkers, the application isn’t intrusive, and it appears in texts boxes online. Many of the other programs I evaluated made it hard to accurately identify the problem text, but Grammarly’s red underlining is easy to see and clearly marks where the error is.
When you’re in a text box, you need to click an icon at the bottom to get Grammarly to pop up so you can see details about corrections that need to be made. The site then redirects you to a suite where you can read the text in your email or message with more details and helpful input from the checker. There’s a short lag while the software analyzes your content, and it adds a few extra steps to your writing process. However, Grammarly’s helpful and correct suggestions trump the slight delay.
Grammarly is a nice tool that can help you avoid typos when working online. It’s not quite good enough to keep those who aren’t confident in their writing abilities from making big mistakes in their content. It also adds a few extra steps to your writing process, and there is a slight delay while the system checks your work.
While it’s nice not to miss a comma in an email or while posting on social media, I’m not sure the program is worth its hefty price tag month-to-month, especially if you’re a novice looking to learn more about writing.
