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Best Grammar Checker Tools: These 5 Will Help You Write Better
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Have you ever desired a magical editing wand?
Consider this: all that stands between you and the completion of your writing editing is a flick of the wrist. There is no annoyance. The time investment is negligible. A wonderful manuscript or blog post.
Keep in mind that grammar checkers are designed to make editing easier, not to eliminate it completely.
- Putting the best grammar checker software to the test
I experimented with editing tools, both free and paid, while self-editing my most recent novel to see which would be most valuable to The Write Life's audience. Because I am also an editor, I compared each tool to what I would look for when editing.
Grammica
Grammar Checker is an online punctuation checking application. It fixes grammar, punctuation, spelling, style, typography, redundancy, semantics, sentence correction, and over 300 other linguistic and writing errors in English.
Grammica grammar check detects and corrects English grammatical problems in real time using powerful machine learning techniques. It is quite successful in detecting errors in the English language. Grammar, syntax, typos, double negatives, comma spaces, subject-verb cases, pronoun cases, misused words, semantics, typography, miscellaneous, style, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and a variety of other errors are all identified. Our machine learning technique suggests solutions to these problems.
Grammica grammar check is a revolutionary intelligence software programme that will help you improve your writing. Using machine learning technology, we identify the bulk of errors based on grammatical norms. The majority of online grammar checkers only check spelling while claiming to perform grammatical checks.
AutoCrit
AutoCrit analyses your text for problems such as rhythm and momentum, dialogue, strong writing, word choice, and repetition. You can also compare your work to those of well-known authors like as Danielle Steel and James Patterson, depending on the strategy you choose.
To see AutoCrit's analysis, paste your text into the web dashboard or upload a document. This tool analyses data from over a million books and genres to provide a word-by-word analysis of your work and provides simple ways to improve its readability.
The Best Part: I spent the most time on the "Compare to Fiction" tab, which provides in-depth analysis of common issues. It underlined my proclivity for starting sentences with "and" and "but," as well as my most often used terms. I felt like I learned something new about my writing that I couldn't say about other tools.
What Could Be Improved: A more detailed definition of passive voice. Because it emphasises the verbs "be" and "had," neither of which properly capture passive voice (a past participle is necessary in addition to a "be" verb), many active voice compositions were wrongly labelled as passive.
How It Works: Paste or upload your material into Grammarly's web dashboard and sit back while it works its magic. It warns you about potential issues, gives suggestions, and explains why the change is advised. Grammarly also has a Microsoft Word add-in and a Grammarly for Chrome add-on that works with Google Docs.
The Best Part: Grammarly is easy to use and found a few vocabulary errors that no other tool did. It outperforms Microsoft Word's grammar checker. Its synonym suggestion feature is also really helpful.
What Could Be Better: As an editor, I work with a range of writing styles, so it would be helpful if Grammarly could flip between a few to ensure writers received suitable feedback to improve their work. If you don't use the Oxford comma, for example, the editor will tell you that you should, which isn't always acceptable for all writing styles.
Grammarly is best for the last proofreading step or for those who want to learn more about the technical characteristics of grammar. If you're a competent editor or writer, you can end yourself ignoring more flagged items than changing them.
Hemingway
What It Does: Hemingway Editor works in the same way that a spellchecker does, but for style. It provides you with a readability score — the lowest grade level required for someone to comprehend your content — and analyses your writing to identify areas for improvement. Because it does not require an internet connection, you can use it anywhere.
How It Works: Paste your content into the dashboard and look for highlighted text segments. The highlighted text is color-coded according to your area of improvement, such as difficult-to-read sentences, adverbs, or passive voice.
The Best Part: Hemingway Editor calculates how many "-ly" adverbs and passive voice constructions you've used and recommends a maximum number based on your word count, as well as examples of how to change passive voice or problematic sentences.
For example, in my prologue, I used passive voice once, and Hemingway Editor advised me to reduce it to six or fewer times — which I did. These suggestions highlight the fact that not all adverbs or passive voice structures are negative, which other technologies overlook.
What Could Be Better: While Hemingway Editor was the cleanest and most user-friendly of the free editing tools, it is not a true grammar checker or proof-reader. Even if it isn't intended to catch grammar and spelling issues, any editing software that does is immediately more desirable.
WordRake
WordRake removes unnecessary words and phrases from your writing. It is compatible with Microsoft Word and Outlook, depending on the licence you purchase. I tried out the Microsoft Word version.
Word Rake is a Microsoft product add-in that requires installation before use, but it's as easy as following the instructions. After selecting the text to be changed, activate the Word Rake add-in. It suggests changes using Track Changes, which you can accept or reject.
The Best Part: Word Rake is the closest thing you can come to an automatic editor. It appealed to me as an editor rather than a writer, but it's great for getting rid of unnecessary phrases and words that clutter up your work.
