By Simran Kaur Wadhon
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.
When one needs to make a good impression through writing, not only what they want to express, but also how they express it, is really important. Choosing the right vocabulary, the right sentence structure, punctuation, etc. can sometimes be a challenge. Also, one needs to avoid spelling mistakes and do proofreading that can be a bit of a hassle and time-consuming. As a relief, in order to improve the content quality of the budding writers and bloggers, many online resources and tools are available and one of them is “Grammarly”. Grammarly is incredible editing software that uses artificial intelligence to help people with the substance and content of what they are trying to write. It also helps the users to check for spelling, grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and style while the vocabulary enhancement tools help with the language.
While writing people make various grammatical mistakes, various types, and spelling mistakes. Grammarly notices such minor mistakes in spelling and punctuation that are sometimes difficult to detect. By doing so, it saves the time of the writers. In addition, it also reminds us of the rules we constantly break. For instance:
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Incorrect version- Bobby is afraid of heights, nevertheless, he climbed the ladder to rescue his cat.
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Corrected version- Bobby is afraid of heights; nevertheless, he climbed the ladder to rescue his cat.
Here, Grammarly corrects the punctuation error by telling that joining two independent clauses with a comma is incorrect. Moreover, it explains the relevant, grammar rule to its users.
Along with spelling errors, punctuation, etc., Grammarly also helps with overused words, wordy sentences, repetitive words, misplaced modifiers and so on. In the case of modifiers, many people get confused about where to place the modifier. For example:
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Incorrect version- Exiting the building, the sunlight blinded me.
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Corrected version- Exiting the building, I was blinded by the sunlight.
Regarding this error, Grammarly explains that the modifiers should be placed as close as possible to the noun they modify. Through such explanation along with the sentence correction, Grammarly allows the user to avoid such mistakes in the future.
Grammarly is an easy to use tool which provides information regarding sentence structure which is considered as mainstream standards of grammar that you need to have corrected when writing professionally. It brings machine learning and artificial intelligence into writing to assist the writers. When one’s writing is grammatically sound, he/she will be able to communicate their ideas in a better way and more concise way. In other words, grammar works as a vehicle that writers use to make content readable and to improve communication. But the process of writing, making sentence structure, and keeping grammar in check is very time-consuming. So, to avoid such wastage of time, Grammarly works as an online time-saving tool that helps with editing and proofreading of the content that helps one’s message be understood just as intended.
Thus through the implication of artificial intelligence, Grammarly improves the quality of the content, enhance our own writing abilities and helps in proofreading which saves the time of the writers.