This document provides an overview of the grammar checking tool Grammarly. It describes Grammarly's free features such as spelling, grammar, and punctuation checking. The premium version offers additional style checks, vocabulary enhancement, and plagiarism detection. Grammarly can be accessed through browser extensions, online applications, and desktop applications. It is suited for students, professionals, writers, and researchers to improve writing skills and detect errors. While it effectively finds most grammar mistakes, the premium version is costly and some features are not available on Mac. Alternatives to Grammarly are also listed.

1. Grammarly: An Overview

2. Grammar
• Fundamental component of writing
• Good grammar can make writing easier
• Enable readers to grasp the ideas fully
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3. Features of Grammarly (Free Version)
• The Grammarly Spell checker can rectify most spelling
mistakes and does a very decent job.
• Grammar check is able to detect and correct most common
grammatical errors. Though not 100% accurate, it works
better than it’s competitors.
• The punctuation checker is again very accurate and can
easily correct common punctuation errors.
• Grammarly will also suggest you to frame sentences in a
more appropriate way.
• It can also detect the use of passive voice.
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4. Features of Grammarly (Premium Version)
• The paid version comes with a specific style checks
that will help you adjust your content for personal as
well as professional documents.
• The vocabulary enhancement feature can quickly
look-up for the meanings of any word by just double
clicking the same.
• Plagiarism checker is useful for bloggers and content
writers and has a vast database of 16 billion pages.
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5. How to Use Grammarly
Grammarly can be accessed using any of the below methods
• Chrome Browser extension for real time writing on Google
docs, Gmail, Facebook etc.
• Online application for manually checking as well as storing
documents.
• Microsoft office extension for use with MS Office products.
• Desktop application for Windows as well as Mac.
• Android Application
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6. Who can use Grammarly?
• Students to write essays, assignments, letters, etc.
• Working professionals to write a business email,
reports, etc.
• Bloggers and content writers for writing blog posts.
• Writers for writing a novel as well as for creative
writing.
• Researchers who want to write a research paper or
articles.
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7. Pros of Grammarly
• Able to correct most Grammar and Spelling Mistakes.
• Works with almost all the website with ease.
• Plagiarism checker is very handy for bloggers and
researchers.
• Most of its basic features are available for free.
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8. Cons of Grammarly
• Premium monthly plan is a bit costly.
• Not all features are available for Mac.
• Irrelevant suggestions reappear after page refresh
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9. Writing Tips
• Avoid repetitions of words
• Know which English to use: British or American
• Double Check for spellings
• Know the format well
• Justification of text
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10. Other alternatives to Grammarly
• Ginger Software (www.gingersoftware.com)
• Pro Writing Aid (www.prowritingaid.com)
• PaperRater (www.paperrater.com)
• LanguageTool (www.languagetool.org)
• OnlineCorrection.com (www.onlinecorrection.com)
• WhiteSmoke (www.whitesmoke.com)
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11. Citations
Type of Citations Use
APA (American Psychological
Association)
Used by Education, Psychology, Science
MLA (Modern Language Association) Used by Humanities
Chicago/Turabian Used by Business, History, Fine Arts
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