{"id":5051,"date":"2020-12-11T11:19:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T05:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2021-01-04T22:13:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T16:43:39","slug":"author-edit-writer-grammarly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/author-edit-writer-grammarly\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Resource: Grammarly- Get the Writer&#8217;s Touch!\u2712\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking for an editing app, check out <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/app.grammarly.com\/\">Grammarly<\/a>, <\/strong>a\u00a0comprehensive algorithmic tool that removes the ugh from editing.<\/p>\n<h2>Five Sticky Situations When it Helps to Use Grammarly<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wrote an email in a hurry, it&#8217;s full of typos and you need to send it to your boss right now?<\/li>\n<li>Are you unsure about the British\/American spelling variant of a specific word?<\/li>\n<li>Did you miss out on your list commas in some places in the document?<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ve done one edit and you want to run a grammar check on the document again.<\/li>\n<li>You are all thumbs while texting and your sentence looks like this: <em>I will write thrmrmo<\/em> instead of\u00a0<em> I will write the memo<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are some instances where an editing app would be a godsend. \u00a0Grammarly has a free version and Premium version.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to Use Grammarly- It&#8217;s Easy!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Grammarly works on multiple browser extensions and across multiple platforms.<\/p>\n<p>There are a couple of ways to use this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paste your article into Grammarly, type directly into the tool or import your Microsoft Word document into Grammarly.<\/li>\n<li>Install a Grammarly plugin on MS Word (not available for MS Word in Macbooks).<\/li>\n<li>Use the Grammarly extension for your browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge), desktop and mobile applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5057\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5057\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/author-edit-writer-grammarly\/grammarly1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/grammarly1.jpg?fit=1332%2C651&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1332,651\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"grammarly1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/grammarly1.jpg?fit=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/grammarly1.jpg?fit=840%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5057 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/grammarly1.jpg?resize=620%2C303&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Screengrab of grammar alerts Grammarly provides shown in the right-hand side of the document\" width=\"620\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/grammarly1.jpg?resize=1024%2C500&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/grammarly1.jpg?resize=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/grammarly1.jpg?resize=768%2C375&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/grammarly1.jpg?w=1332&amp;ssl=1 1332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alerts Provided by Grammarly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here we get an overall score of 97 out of 100. Any alerts are highlighted on the side. The free version is super helpful and the paid version has extra features like hiring a writing expert and plagiarism detection.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Grammarly App: Recommended or Not?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Highly recommended but always get a manual edit of your manuscript done first.<\/p>\n<div class=\"company-post-footer\">\n<p>Looking for professional help to make your manuscript error-free and take it to next level? Check out our copy editing and proofreading services.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn btn-transparent\" href=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/editing-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn More.<\/a> <a class=\"btn btn-red\" href=\"https:\/\/publish.pothi.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Talk to Us Today!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are looking for an editing app, check out Grammarly, a\u00a0comprehensive algorithmic tool that removes the ugh from editing. Five Sticky Situations When it Helps to Use Grammarly Wrote an email in a hurry, it&#8217;s full of typos and you need to send it to your boss right now? Are you unsure about the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/author-edit-writer-grammarly\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Author Resource: Grammarly- Get the Writer&#8217;s Touch!\u2712\ufe0f&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[395,24],"tags":[398,397],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pothi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/lynn-truss.png?fit=2240%2C1260&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7vAZr-1jt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5097,"url":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/17\/author-resource-prowriting-aid-editing\/","url_meta":{"origin":5051,"position":0},"title":"Author Resource: Editing like a Pro with ProWriting Aid \ud83d\udc53","date":"December 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"There are a surprising number of grammar checkers that are available for budding as well as accomplished writers. 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