(214 words, 50-second read)
I really love Grammarly. In fact, I just got an email that says it has checked over 5.5 million words for me since December 2019.
HOW IT HELPS:
- It catches most of my speeling errors. 🙂
- It offers different words to avoid being repetitive.
- It helps keep my punctuation on point.
- It knocks down my natural tendency to be longwinded.
IN ACTION:
Yesterday, it asked me to change shoulda and coulda. But I intentionally misspelled them.
On Tuesday, while writing a discussion board post, I used the term 1 BIG THING four times in three consecutive sentences. To make a point.
Right now, it’s telling me to add a comma after the Yesterday above.
It’s also telling me to nix the really in the first sentence and in fact in the second.
And it says to get rid of the stick figures. I’m just kidding.
Often, I will make the change without much thought. But other times, I say I meant to write it like that.
BUT SOMETIMES: Changing it will…
- …alter my meaning.
- …not sound like me.
- …miss the point I’m making.
1 BIG THING: I’m writing for my reader to understand my point…in the way they’re used to me giving it to them – no matter what Grammarly suggests.
- I don’t have to change it.
FUN FACT: The first draft of this post was 277 words.