Review of Grammarly: Grammar Checking Tool

The Grammarian can be downright haughty about self-editing. Surely one's own grammar gaffes and punctuation blunders will stand out to one's own naked eyes, no?

 Of course we know this is a patent falsehood. Sometimes Most times, authors are altogether too close to their own work and need a fresh pair. Of editing scrutineyes, natch.

 Enter: Grammarly. The online tool purports to empower the writer to "Instantly find and correct over 250 types of grammatical mistakes." Who knew mistakes could be so numerous in type? The Grammarian was skeptical so she ran a favorite blog post of hers through. It is great fun to "watch" as Grammarly does its work, as it generates its proof-positive, Yes, Virginia, there is a whole host of grammar mistakes in your writing report.

As the tool scans the work, it reports on exactly the kinds of erroneous behavior it monitors. Like the misuse of the word "such." Or faulty parallels. Just look at what Grammarly turned up in a short little blog post. The horror!
 

 If one wants to get a free 7 Day trial to see exactly what those prescriptive errors are, one needs only sign up. But then what? You can sign up for monthly plans from around $12 - $30. Also note that Google Chrome, preferred browser of the Grammarian, in addition to other browsers used by the proletariat offer an embedded Grammarly tool. For free! 

What say YOU all. What have been your experiences, dear readers, in being more Grammarly?