I have started using the free version of Grammarly to double-check my spelling and grammar. I have the standard spell checker on of course, but Grammary catches some mistakes that the spell checker does not. Here is my invite link if you want to give it ago.
More interesting, is that Grammarly send you a weekly report with some stats in it. I have just received the first one, and it contains some interesting stuff.
- I wrote 2082 words, putting me in the 87th percentile
- I made 16 mistakes, putting me in the 91st percentile
- I used 464 unique words, putting me in the 85th percentile
Whether Grammarly has found some statistical trick to massage my ego, or just has a dubious user base I am not sure. It seems like the kind of tool writers would use, which suggests the former. Still, statistically I seem to be doing okay.
It is also worth noting that I am only using the browser plug-in, so it does not monitor the writing I am doing in desktop applications.
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Tags: grammar, grammarly, spelling
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