I am a writer. I don't use Grammarly.com because...

[Kn9Isler]

Grammarly is just a tool and it is up to you how you use it. If you accept blindly all the corrections it will lead you nowhere.
But if you open your article and quickly look for typos, wrong is/are, using the same word in one paragraph (for instance 3x great),
too much passive, it will be a big help for sure.

I mean, it is stupid for a client to ask for 100 score, otherwise it is a great tool.

 

[validseo]

Gramarly is a service for businesses that are too lazy or cheap to invest in content editing... The thing they don't get is that if it isn't good enough for your own business to read it then why should anyone else?

 

[The Curator]

I have my on staff writers use grammarly. My editor still picks up stuff grammarly doesn't. I agree it dings you on passive voice, some is ok, but the program sure did educate me on how to write.
My requirements are, 90% at least, anything left should be the passive voice and 10% is ok with me for "voice" or "style".

 

[TheVigilante]

I believe it's a descent tool, got the premium version through one of the forum members, so can't complain!

 

[Cshark]

Even when I was writing for $1/100 words, none of my clients insisted I use Grammarly. I actually didn't even know what that was until I joined this forum. I had a couple of editors breathe down my neck about stupid stuff, but I mostly ignored them.

When I hire content writers, I let them do their thing. Too many restrictions on a writer makes for poor work.

That's precisely what I have been doing till date. And it works just fine.

The tool is for people who cannot write English, or who are not native English. For rest of us ( the natives) it's just a software that impairs the ability of non-English natives to learn English or understand how English is supposed to be written naturally.

 

[Deleted member 969102]

I ordered an article while I was away last weekend, the guy charged me extra because his "Native Writer" did it, popped it in Grammarly and 77 Critical errors (The document was 1800 words long). While I agree people should not always use it, if in this case the "Native writer" had used it, maybe I would have believed him!

 

[Trinity Smith]

Grammarly is a great tool for checking some minor errors like commas, spelling, etc..Me too are also using Grammarly but only as a guide or whenever I need a quick check. But following whatever the tool suggested can change/affects the idea of your article.

 

[SEOMemj]

I personally use Grammarly because I write like shit. I've never worked with a writer who does use Grammarly for anything other than email/slack correction.

When I write, I use it but there's usually a lot of errors left just for how I structure word and phrases. Reading the article back to myself solves 90% of the issues I see.

 

[ContentWriter]

Gramarly is a service for businesses that are too lazy or cheap to invest in content editing... The thing they don't get is that if it isn't good enough for your own business to read it then why should anyone else?

That makes sense, @validseo. This is the reason why I have content editors in my team. I always highlight this in my quality control processes.

I have my on staff writers use grammarly. My editor still picks up stuff grammarly doesn't. I agree it dings you on passive voice, some is ok, but the program sure did educate me on how to write.
My requirements are, 90% at least, anything left should be the passive voice and 10% is ok with me for "voice" or "style".

It's a good thing you have a dedicated editor who double-checks what Grammarly missed out, @jbilyj42.

I believe it's a descent tool, got the premium version through one of the forum members, so can't complain!

I think I saw that offer of a premium version of Grammarly, too, @abhi007. How much did you pay for it, if you don't mind me asking?

That's precisely what I have been doing till date. And it works just fine.

The tool is for people who cannot write English, or who are not native English. For rest of us ( the natives) it's just a software that impairs the ability of non-English natives to learn English or understand how English is supposed to be written naturally.

We're on the same page, @Cshark.

I ordered an article while I was away last weekend, the guy charged me extra because his "Native Writer" did it, popped it in Grammarly and 77 Critical errors (The document was 1800 words long). While I agree people should not always use it, if in this case the "Native writer" had used it, maybe I would have believed him!

I am hoping those critical errors weren't about subject-verb agreement, @hasa1015.

Grammarly is a great tool for checking some minor errors like commas, spelling, etc..Me too are also using Grammarly but only as a guide or whenever I need a quick check. But following whatever the tool suggested can change/affects the idea of your article.

You are correct, @Trinity Smith. Grammarly is not a bad software. I just want to be clear with that. Nonetheless, nothing beats the power of a pair of eyes.

I personally use Grammarly because I write like shit. I've never worked with a writer who does use Grammarly for anything other than email/slack correction.

When I write, I use it but there's usually a lot of errors left just for how I structure word and phrases. Reading the article back to myself solves 90% of the issues I see.

Hi, @SEOMemj! Do you write for your own content needs or for a client?

 

[SEOMemj]

Hi, @SEOMemj! Do you write for your own content needs or for a client?

I used to do it a lot more often than I do now. Now that I'm more experienced and can land larger clients, most of them already have a copywriter in-house or contracted. My main niches are law are real estate - both have strict federal and state laws about words you can or cannot use, things you can or cannot say, etc. I'd prefer not to do the writing to focus on everything else.

 

[Jesse Custer]

I have just re-installed Grammarly after a while. It's free and picks up some typos and as mentioned is a good guide.

I once ordered "Premium" articles for $25 for 500 words. The writer put commas after introductory adverbs of frequency (i.e "Sometimes") in some places but didn't in others. I picked him up on it. Not because I'm a grammar nazi but I value consistency. Especially at that price and when plug-ins like Grammarly are free.

I would disagree that the software is for non-natives. I have taught ESL for over ten years. You'd be surprised how bad a native speaker's grammar generally is. It's that bad places like the Czech Republic usually teach it themselves rather than use the foreign teachers.

When I first started, I thought a "contraction" was something a woman had when she gave birth....

 

[Jesse Custer]

Oh, regarding "The Passive", I generally ignore what the "Hemmingway" app (and wordpress plug-in - yoast?) says. That one is definitely style-orientated.

Still, Hemmingway again is good for looking at the readability score and tweaking your writing for web copy.

After all, we don't need "A Farewell To Arms" - we need content that converts...

 

[TheVigilante]

Got it for free man....one of the members shared a method on how to get premium Grammarly accounts for free...

 

[ContentWriter]

I used to do it a lot more often than I do now. Now that I'm more experienced and can land larger clients, most of them already have a copywriter in-house or contracted. My main niches are law are real estate - both have strict federal and state laws about words you can or cannot use, things you can or cannot say, etc. I'd prefer not to do the writing to focus on everything else.

I see. While pieces of information about law and real-estate are available on the internet, it is still necessary to have an in-house editor who has a first-hand knowledge on those two sensitive niches.

I have just re-installed Grammarly after a while. It's free and picks up some typos and as mentioned is a good guide.

I once ordered "Premium" articles for $25 for 500 words. The writer put commas after introductory adverbs of frequency (i.e "Sometimes") in some places but didn't in others. I picked him up on it. Not because I'm a grammar nazi but I value consistency. Especially at that price and when plug-ins like Grammarly are free.

I would disagree that the software is for non-natives. I have taught ESL for over ten years. You'd be surprised how bad a native speaker's grammar generally is. It's that bad places like the Czech Republic usually teach it themselves rather than use the foreign teachers.

When I first started, I thought a "contraction" was something a woman had when she gave birth....

You've made my day with that "contraction" thing-y., @Jesse Custer.
I agree with what you said on your third paragraph. I mean no offense, but there are lots of "native English speakers" who spell "grammar" as "grammer". Again, I say this respectfully, being a native English speaker by birth doesn't necessarily equate to having a top-notch quality in English writing. Even when you check content writing job posts on outsourcing sites such as Upwork, you'd see stuff like, "I am a native English speaker. I only want to hire native English writers. I can easily spot wrong grammer." Now, that's the irony of it.

Oh, regarding "The Passive", I generally ignore what the "Hemmingway" app (and wordpress plug-in - yoast?) says. That one is definitely style-orientated.

Still, Hemmingway again is good for looking at the readability score and tweaking your writing for web copy.

After all, we don't need "A Farewell To Arms" - we need content that converts...

Oh, you also use the Hemmingway app? I find it useful when I train the writers who co-write with me. No, I don't train them how to write. I train them with my standards in writing.

Got it for free man....one of the members shared a method on how to get premium Grammarly accounts for free...

Got it, @abhi007.

 

[Frapcino]

Me too also use Grammarly and I find it a great tool too, especially if you will upgrade to its premium version. But always make sure that you are not misleading the idea of your articles. Grammarly is a great guide for me.

 

[SoccerLover]

Hi, @soccerlover! It looks like you've experienced using Grammarly in the past, too.

Yes, I have and hence I commented w.r.t it

 

[sjozipov]

Grammarly is actually great for someone like me who does not write often or uses it for business emails and responses, but if it were for writing an article from someone who is native English speaker and writer, and has some copywriting experience, then it is out of the question.

 

[Francisco Anes]

For somebody like me, not native English speaker, Grammarly is an amazing tool.

Commas and easy typos are easily found.

The only annoying thing is that when I'm writing content in WordPress and I need to add a link to a word with the red underlying from Grammarly, it doesn't allow me. That annoys me!

Anybody with the same experience? Same happens when changing formatting of the text.

 

[ContentWriter]

Hi, @Francisco Anes. Have you tried copying the Grammarly-checked content from the Visual Tab to the Text Tab? That should remove formatting issues.

For somebody like me, not native English speaker, Grammarly is an amazing tool.

Commas and easy typos are easily found.

The only annoying thing is that when I'm writing content in WordPress and I need to add a link to a word with the red underlying from Grammarly, it doesn't allow me. That annoys me!

Anybody with the same experience? Same happens when changing formatting of the text.

 

[Kn9Isler]

For somebody like me, not native English speaker, Grammarly is an amazing tool.

Commas and easy typos are easily found.

The only annoying thing is that when I'm writing content in WordPress and I need to add a link to a word with the red underlying from Grammarly, it doesn't allow me. That annoys me!

Anybody with the same experience? Same happens when changing formatting of the text.

Hover over the red underlying word and click ignore. The underline will disappear and you can add a link.