What is Grammarly
Grammarly is an AI writing assistance tool based on advanced artificial intelligence technology that helps users detect and correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style issues in English writing. It is suitable for different groups such as students, working professionals, and writers. Grammarly can be used on multiple platforms including browsers, desktop clients, and mobile apps, and supports more than 500,000 applications and websites such as Google Docs, Gmail, and LinkedIn. Features include basic writing checks, advanced writing suggestions, writing style and clarity improvements, plagiarism detection, and personalization.
Main features of Grammarly
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Grammar check: Can identify and correct various grammar errors, such as subject-verb agreement, improper tense usage, incorrect article usage, etc., ensuring correct sentence structure.
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Spelling check: Detects and corrects spelling errors, including misspellings of common words and the use of easily confused words.
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Punctuation check: Helps users correctly use punctuation marks, such as commas, periods, quotation marks, etc., avoiding sentence ambiguity or reading obstacles caused by punctuation errors.
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Tone detection: Analyzes the tone of the text to ensure it matches the writing purpose and audience needs, such as the appropriate use of formal, informal, polite, and imperative tones.
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Sentence rewriting suggestions: Provides clear and concise sentence rewriting options for different contexts, making expression more fluent and natural.
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Vocabulary improvement: Recommends more accurate and vivid word replacements, enriching the expressiveness of the text and improving language proficiency.
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Style adjustment: Adjusts the writing style according to the writing type and audience, such as academic, business, and creative writing, ensuring the text style matches the writing purpose.
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Passive voice detection: Identifies sentences that overuse the passive voice and encourages the use of active voice, making the text more vivid and powerful.
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Tone adjustment: Adjusts the tone of the text according to the writing scenario to better match the expected effect, such as changing an imperative tone to a suggestive tone to appear more polite and tactful.
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Personalized writing suggestions: Provides personalized writing suggestions based on the user's writing habits and preferences, helping users develop a unique writing style.
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Writing style guide: Provides customized style guides for teams, ensuring team members follow unified writing standards when writing and improving overall writing quality.
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Originality detection: Detects the originality of text by comparing it with massive databases and internet resources, helping users avoid plagiarism and appropriation issues.
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Personal dictionary: Users can add frequently used new words, brand names, abbreviations, etc. to their personal dictionary to avoid them being incorrectly marked as errors during writing.
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Writing goal setting: Supports users in setting goals according to their writing purpose, such as writing type, audience, and style, so that Grammarly provides more precise suggestions.
How to use Grammarly
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Visit the official website: Visit Grammarly's official website.
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Register an account: Click the "Sign Up" button. You can choose to register with an email address, or quickly register with a Google account or Facebook account.
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Log in to the account: After registration is complete, log in to Grammarly using the registered email or a third-party account.
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Web version：
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After logging in, click the "New" button on the Grammarly homepage to create a new document, then paste or type the text to be checked into the document. Grammarly will automatically check the text and display detection results and suggestions in the right sidebar.
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You can click the "Upload" button to upload an existing document (such as a Word document, PDF document, etc.), and Grammarly will read the document content and check it.
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Browser extension：
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Search for "Grammarly" in the browser's extension store, find the Grammarly extension, and install it.
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After installation is complete, the Grammarly icon will appear in the browser toolbar. On webpages where you need to use Grammarly (such as Gmail, Google Docs, etc.), click the icon, log in to your account as prompted, and then you can directly check your writing on the webpage.
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Desktop client：
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Download the desktop client for Windows or Mac from the Grammarly official website and install it.
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After installation is complete, open the client and log in to your account, then directly create a document or open an existing document in the client to check your writing.
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Mobile app：
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Search for "Grammarly" in the mobile app store, download and install the Grammarly App.
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Open the App and log in to your account, then use Grammarly on your phone to check your writing.
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View errors: In the Grammarly editor, various writing suggestions will be displayed below or to the right of the text, including errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc., as well as suggestions for improvement in style, tone, and other aspects.
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Accept suggestions: Click a specific suggestion, and Grammarly will automatically replace the error with the correct content. If you have questions about a suggestion, you can click it to view detailed explanations and examples.
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Ignore suggestions: If you think a suggestion does not apply to the current writing content, you can choose to ignore it, and Grammarly will no longer prompt for that part.
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Personal dictionary: In Grammarly's settings, you can add a personal dictionary to include frequently used new words, brand names, abbreviations, etc., to avoid them being incorrectly marked as errors during writing.
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Writing goals: Set writing goals according to writing type, audience, style, etc., and Grammarly will provide more precise suggestions based on the set goals. For example, if the writing goal is an academic paper, Grammarly will focus on checking academic conventions and citation formats, etc.
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Save document: After completing the writing check in the Grammarly editor, click the "Save" button to save the document in your Grammarly account for future viewing and editing.
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Export document: Click the "Download" button to export the document as Word, PDF, etc., for use in other applications.
Grammarly use cases
- Academic writing: When writing papers, lab reports, and application documents, check grammar and citation formats (APA/MLA/Chicago) to avoid plagiarism.
- Workplace communication: Correct grammatical errors in business emails, project proposals, and quarterly reports, and adjust tone (such as changing from imperative to polite request).
- Content Creation and Marketing: Optimize the readability of SEO articles (such as splitting long sentences and replacing repetitive words) to increase user dwell time. Detect whether the tone of advertising copy fits the brand's style (for example, luxury goods need "high-end elegance," while tech products need "concise and powerful").
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Social Media: Check the spelling of LinkedIn posts and Twitter tweets to avoid damaging your professional image due to small mistakes.
Grammarly's product pricing
Grammarly offers a freemium pricing model, including three different pricing plans: Free, Premium, and Business.
- Free - $0/month, providing basic text generation, basic writing suggestions, and tone detection, with 100 uses of GrammarlyGO for generative AI writing each month.
- Premium - $12/month, includes all Free features plus full sentence rewriting, vocabulary ideas, tone suggestions, and more, with 1,000 uses of GrammarlyGO for generative AI writing each month.
- Business - $15/month, includes all Premium features plus team features such as unified billing management and custom writing style guides, with each team member able to use GrammarlyGO for 1,000 generative AI writing uses each month.
