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Does anyone knew/used any grammar checker? Which one you think the best?
I saw teachers’ comments in this forum and Wikipedia. They think grammar checker is not as good as human. I think they are right.
However, it’s not easy to find teacher who he/she can always help to correct writing errors. Even if I can find one, he/she won’t be always around. And progress in writing improvement will be very costly too in the long run.
I found the most popular grammar checkers are WhiteSmoke and Grammarly. I tried free trial version of WhiteSmoke. It was not good as I expected. They provided very basic grammatical rule in their error explanation. Although Grammarly have 7 days free trial, the trial can be used only if credit card no. is provided. (That is what I don’t want to give them before making my decision.)
I read their users’ comments and reviews in different sites. I don’t know who are real users. (I know some companies hire someone to pretend their users and write something good about their product. It seems fake users exist in both of them. I speculate some comments are from their competitors too.)
So, I’d like to hear comment from anyone knows them, their users (or other grammar checkers user) and/or teachers especially.
The price of WhiteSmoke is an annual license. Grammarly offers monthly, quarterly and annual subscriptions but I have no idea about their performance. Therefore, I hope I can collect as much information as I can before I make my decision.
Thank you very much in advance!
I saw teachers’ comments in this forum and Wikipedia. They think grammar checker is not as good as human. I think they are right.
However, it’s not easy to find teacher who he/she can always help to correct writing errors. Even if I can find one, he/she won’t be always around. And progress in writing improvement will be very costly too in the long run.
I found the most popular grammar checkers are WhiteSmoke and Grammarly. I tried free trial version of WhiteSmoke. It was not good as I expected. They provided very basic grammatical rule in their error explanation. Although Grammarly have 7 days free trial, the trial can be used only if credit card no. is provided. (That is what I don’t want to give them before making my decision.)
I read their users’ comments and reviews in different sites. I don’t know who are real users. (I know some companies hire someone to pretend their users and write something good about their product. It seems fake users exist in both of them. I speculate some comments are from their competitors too.)
So, I’d like to hear comment from anyone knows them, their users (or other grammar checkers user) and/or teachers especially.
The price of WhiteSmoke is an annual license. Grammarly offers monthly, quarterly and annual subscriptions but I have no idea about their performance. Therefore, I hope I can collect as much information as I can before I make my decision.
Thank you very much in advance!
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