Through example, explain how Grammarly / (any other AI tool that you use) helps you in improving the quality of content and how it reduces the time taken to carry out the editing work. 
 
Errors and mistakes
H. Douglas Brown has defined linguistic errors as "a noticeable deviation from the adult grammar of a native speaker, reflecting the interlanguage competence of the learner." He cites an example "Does John can sing?" where a preceding do, auxiliary verb, has been used as an error. When one is learning a second language, that person makes mistakes. Saying, so it’s good to point out that in non-academic contexts there isn’t a precise usage of these two terms and it’s possible that sometimes less accurately someone uses them as a synonym. The main point is that when one makes mistakes, the rules were learned, but the person doesn't apply them correctly. Besides, it's useful to stress that while it is possible self-correction to a mistake in case of errors this not possible because the person doesn't know the rule.
There are many kinds of mistakes such as failing to use proper verb tenses (I have seen Mary yesterday instead of I saw May yesterday), misusing vocabulary (I made my homework instead of I did my homework), subject/verb agreement (He like apples instead of He likes apples.). These are well-known problems. To have an idea of what kind of errors we can find in one text, it is possible to summarize some: Avoidance, Simplification, Overgeneralization, Fossilization, and Hypercorrection.
Quality control in translation
In one of the entries of Merriam-Webster Dictionary quality is defined as a "degree of excellence," and excellence means superiority. So, a translation must be excellent to be considered a good one. Translators must "chase" mistakes, especially those that are considered silly ones such as double space or lack of it and misspelled words. Those made due to lack of attention. It's important to mention that quality control it's not just correct grammar mistakes. It's also necessary to pay attention to terminology, accuracy, and style. To reach excellence translators must follow three processes before submitting their final draft to their clients
Brian Mossop offers these translator-specific definitions:
Editing: The process of checking a non-translational text for error and making appropriate amendments, with particular attention to making the text suitable for its readers and intended use.
Revising: The process of checking a draft transla­tion for errors and making appropriate amendments.
Proofreading: (1) In editing, comparison of the printer’s proof with the manuscript. (2) In revision, sometimes used as a synonym of unilingual re-reading, especially when this is limited to corrections (i.e., no improvements are made).
There are many tools to cater for proofreading especially during the second phase of this process. Nowadays a trendy one is Grammarly. In its website, they say: "Grammarly’s AI-powered products help people communicate more effectively." For translators, this is an excellent tool since it helps to improve quality and therefore reduces the time of editing. During the process of translation, the translators correct their text and at the end spend less time perfecting the text. Some of the features of Grammarly are spelling, grammar, punctuation, fluency and vocabulary check. On a deeper level this tool help with conventions, conciseness, clarity, and variety. Another handy feature is a weekly report that caters to the main problems in a user’s productions. Let's see some examples in this very text of improvement brought by Grammarly.

Content without Grammarly	Mistakes pointed by Grammarly	Content after Grammarly
This well-know problems	Spelling	These well-known problems
To cater for proofreading especially the second phase of this process	Grammar – Dangling modifier Missing preposition	There are many tools to cater for proofreading especially during the second phase of this process
Simplification, overgeneralization, fossilization and hypercorrection are other.	Punctuation	Simplification, overgeneralization, fossilization, and hypercorrection are other.
In order to have an idea of what kind of errors we can find in one text…	Conciseness	To have an idea of what kind of errors we can find in one text…
To reach excellence translators must follow 3 processes before submitting their final dranf to their clients.	Convention Spelling	To reach excellence translators must follow three processes before submitting their final draft to their clients.
Nowadays a very popular one is Grammarly.	Vocabulary	Nowadays a very trendy one is Grammarly.

 
Standards in various countries along with ISO 9001 provide to the industry guidelines to measure quality. Because of those and other factors, many of the tools related to the translator industry are very oriented to quality control and the development of the artificial intelligence shortly will increase the capacity of these tools of pinpoint not only mistakes but also errors. The translator and the translation industry say thanks!
 
 
 
References
 
Error (linguistics) (2017, Oct 29th). Retrieved June 20, 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_(linguistics)
Gellinek, Else (2013, Oct 27th). Proofreading, editing, revising: what’s the difference? Retrieved June 20, 2018, from https://www.sprachrausch.com/2013/10/27/proofreading-editing-revising-whats-difference/
Kreisa, Meredith (n.d). Funny, Not Funny! 12 Humorous Errors and Mistakes in Language Learning to Avoid. Retrieved June 20, 2018, from https://www.fluentu.com/blog/errors-and-mistakes-in-language-learning/
Quality 2a [Def. 1]. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster Online. In Merriam-Webster. Retrieved June 20, 2018, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quality
The Importance of Quality Control with Translations. (n.d.). Retrieved June 20, 2018, from https://www.onehourtranslation.com/translation/blog/importance-quality-control-translations
 

Assignment 2
Grammarly in my opinion is one of the most popular tool and an interesting solution that has a lot of features with being great browser integration for Chrome.
It is designed to provide you with “a better way to write” (their words). It basically finds and then corrects all the grammatical mistakes in a text, gives few vocabulary suggestions, and moreover checks if the text is plagiarismed. Grammarly is a very helpful tool that can help one understand their basic mistakes and help them learn and improve further.
It’s super simple and easy to use.  When Grammarly notices that you have a typing or grammatical error, it will notify you so you can make the appropriate changes. It also helps you find synonyms for words that perhaps you’ve already used several times in your post. This is nice time-saver since you won’t have to go to another website (or pull out your thesaurus) to find the exact word you’re looking for. There are also other ways Grammarly can help you to become a better writer:

• Social Media: Grammarly proofs your social media status updates (e.g., Twitter and LinkedIn).
• Gmail: Use Grammarly to check the quality of your e-mails before you hit the send button.
• Plagiarism: Upload a file or copy and paste text in Grammarly to check for verbatim content against over eight billion web pages.
• Citations: Grammarly will automatically create citations in several styles (MLA, APA, and Chicago).

It has the following features:

• Instantly find and correct over 250 types of grammar mistakes.
• Contextual spellchecker.
• It improves word choice with providing one with various vocabulary suggestions.
• Advanced proofreading. It looks if there is repetition of words.
• MS Word and MS Outlook plugins available.
• Google Chrome plugin available.
• It is useful in detecting plagiarism by checking the text against over eight billion web pages.

Grammarly is a diverse tool that can help improve the quality of the content and reduce time taken on editing work. This can be justified by the following points:

(1) You can learn from it and make fewer mistakes next time
As we know by now, Grammarly is a tool mainly for checking your grammar, something that the tools like Word and Scrivener already do. One feature of Grammarly that makes it different from other tools is that it tells us why it's making the suggestion. This helps the writer to know where and why he/she went wrong and learn from it.
(2) Discover the words you use too often
Each writer have some words in their mind that they use too often/frequently. And most of the times, people are so close to the manuscript that they've read it so many times but they can't see this. Grammarly allows one to see definitions of words with their synonyms if someone wants to change the word that they're using.

(3) Learn to break up sentences
‘Shorter sentences characterize bestsellers’. This is indicated by the data analysis of bestselling books. But everyone knows how hard this can be to do in practice. Grammarly gives feedback on the length of sentences when it detects long or run-on sentences.

(4) Helps the text to get perfection and accuracy
We all know editors and proof-readers give in a lot of time to read every script with concentration and correct all the grammatical mistakes present in the text. However, if Grammarly is used to write scripts, they will be clean (i.e. error-free) and the editors will be able to save on time.

(5) Checks on plagiarism
Grammarly compares your text with over 8 billion web pages, so that you can know if there is any duplication. In my opinion, this is one of the best features provided by Grammarly.

(6) Provides plug-in feature
Grammarly provides a free plug-in for Chrome or Safari. This plug-in looks after your posts on social media sites like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, ensuring that you don't make any grammatical errors.

In the attached pictures/ examples, you can see how Grammarly is an effective tool for daily use and helps in various ways to improve your writing and give you confidence.
Therefore, I would really suggest everyone to use tools like Grammarly and improve their vocabulary and writing.