Comments on: Is Grammarly free trial worth it?

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:41:45 +0000

In reply to Carl.

Thanks, Carl. Word is always telling me to correct “mistakes” that aren’t mistakes, so it doesn’t take much to be better than that option!

Sandy

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 16:13:47 +0000

Great review! You have to be careful with any automated tool, but having a tool that is more intelligent than Microsoft Word is often a great time saver, and for us not having English as our native language, can save us for making a fool of ourself…

By: Massimo

Massimo — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 17:10:53 +0000

In reply to Donna Winters. You're most welcome, Donna.

By: Donna Winters

Donna Winters — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:51:12 +0000

In reply to Massimo. Thanks, Massimo, for your first-hand account of the Grammarly experience regarding fiction and dialog!

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:43:59 +0000

In reply to Massimo. This is great feedback, Massimo. Thank you! I hope Donna Winters sees your comment. Sandy

By: Massimo

Massimo — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 08:54:28 +0000

I used grammarly and in fiction, too. You can’t accept blindly every suggestions but it is a good tool to spot overused words, repeated nouns, and run ins.

My experience is that grammarly doesn’t show a tendency to overcorrect dialogues over the rest.

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:12:56 +0000

In reply to Donna Winters. Donna, I wonder if your assumption is correct. Maybe somebody who writes fiction and has used it will comment. Sandy

By: Donna Winters

Donna Winters — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 01:44:17 +0000

Thanks for doing this review of Grammarly. I had received an offer for a free trial a while back but passed on it. My thinking was that since I write fiction it would probably give me corrections to dialog that I didn’t want. Also, I’ve worked with professional (human) editors since 1988. Your suggestion that it would be more valuable to part-time writers is probably spot on. Still, I wondered what I had missed and how much a paid version would cost. Now I know.