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It's a shame its product sucks so bad. I see compliments here, but every test I've done comes up terribly short. Perhaps the bar is set rather low because peopl
by gumboshoes 9y ago
It's a shame its product sucks so bad. I see compliments here, but every test I've done comes up terribly short. Perhaps the bar is set rather low because people are comparing it to Microsoft Word's built-in tools, which are so incompetent they're easy to improve upon. And I say this a linguist and lexicographer who has written three language-related books. Many copyeditors I know, too, find themselves having to clean up Grammarly's work when an author uses it on an MS to decrease the amount of work/money needed for a copyeditor.
- sdrothrock 9y agoDo you have any examples of how terrible it can be?
- xattt 9y agoI have been forced to use Grammarly in the past. If you are structuring a sentence loaded with terms specific to a field, it will very likely flag that sentence as being too wordy. Combine this with Canadian English, and you end up with a low signal-to-noise ratio.
- StephenConnell 9y agoThis struck me as funny because "a sentence loaded with terms specific to a field" probably is too wordy. Although it may be appropriate given the context and target audience. I get what you are saying though.
- yoz-y 9y ago> And I say this a linguist and lexicographer who has written three language-related books. I know this is an easy mistake to make but in this context the irony is palpable.
- t8ge55geu8ygt 9y agoWhat?
- tentaTherapist 9y agoWhat's the mistake?
- yoz-y 9y agoIt should be "I say this _as_ a linguist..."
- j-c-hewitt 9y agoI despise this software, but I think that it's intended for ESL users.
- coldtea 9y ago>And I say this a linguist and lexicographer who has written three language-related books. Sounds like you're exactly the opposite of the target audience. Besides, Grammarly would have suggested a missing "as".
- kornish 9y ago> Sounds like you're exactly the opposite of the target audience. Seriously. The magic for the mass market in a product like Grammarly is not handling all cases correctly, all the time, with lots of complexity; it's handling most cases cases correctly, most of the time, with minimal complexity.
- mattferderer 9y agoI find tools like Grammarly, Hemingway App & MS Word are best used to highlight items you should take a 2nd look at after you've finished writing. Sometimes they point out flaws & other times I disagree with them. I would hope none of their authors argue that any of those tools could replace a professional copywriter.
- petraeus 9y agoeven more terrible is not using it and coming across as an ass in your comment