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If English is your second language, then I highly recommend their premium plan. Both my wife and I love it and how much it helps us in writing better English an
by splintercell 9y ago
If English is your second language, then I highly recommend their premium plan. Both my wife and I love it and how much it helps us in writing better English and getting better at it (in terms of that 'last mile' learning which could take up to a decade for most people to get perfect).
This is how Grammarly's premium edition would have corrected your post:
> Grammarly is a great tool. I never forget to check my article ~~with~~/on (Incorrect correction, think 'with' makes more sense here) it before publishing. If you had asked me a few years ago how much would anyone pay for a Grammar-checking tool, I would have guessed it would be no more ~~that~~/than (Probably a typo on your end, rather than a grammatical mistake) $3-4 / month. Grammarly charges $29 a month. Of course, its value can be measured with the improved communication but $29 _is_ a lot. It's amazing that it convinced people that it's worth it.
>~~High~~/The high (probably the most common mistake non-native English speakers do) price point is the only reason why I haven't gotten around purchasing its premium plan even though I think it would very beneficial for me.
- pja 9y agoHonestly, this doesn't read like much of a recommendation to me. I think a native English speaker would probably write "I always check my article with it before publishing" - reversing the negation avoids the awkward "never forget to". Meanwhile, that last sentence reads like perfectly reasonable conversational English to me: omitting the "the" emphasises the "High price point" part. It seems that Grammarly will help you avoid the very common ESL type English errors (missing definite article, verb-subject agreement etc etc), which makes it worthwhile for many people, but it isn't going to get you over that final 'native speaker' grade hump.