As a kid, I was thrilled whenever my teachers uttered the words, Spelling Bee!
I'm a good speller, except when I type on my phone and my fat sausage fingers hit the wrong letters. Typos happen. The Twitterverse can attest to that. Thank goodness we're now able to edit tweets.
Grammar.
I'm not good at grammar. I dangle participles, end sentences with prepositions, misplace modifiers, and my sentences have a tendency to run on.
But now, the Grammar Police can leave me alone. I've found Grammarly.
I'm so excited about this service! I downloaded the free account and played around with it for a few weeks before deciding that I HAD to upgrade to the Premium service.
Let me tell you what Grammarly can do for you:
Whenever you're online, composing an e-mail, updating your Facebook status, writing a blog post, or typing up a tweet, Grammarly's free service will check your writing for punctuation errors and misspelling. If they detect an error, they will notify you and give you options for correction.
If you're like me and write your manuscripts in a program like Open Office, you can copy and paste your work on to a document and Grammarly will check your work and save it for you.
If you use Microsoft Office, the Premium service will work directly with the program! (I'm too cheap to purchase Office, though.)
Grammarly's Premium Service also checks for plagiarism, sentence structure, style mistakes, and grammar enhancement.
I'm looking forward to uploading the draft of my second novel, THE HALCYON DREAM, to Grammarly. I can't wait to see the suggestions for improvement. It's like having a personal critique partner.
What is your favorite writing service?
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