Grammarly: Free AI Writing Assistance
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Notable Features: Grammarly is excellent for polishing language and catching small mistakes (freeing up human reviewers to focus on content). Great for non-native speakers.
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Core Abilities: Grammarly is an AI writing tool that helps improve writing quality and clarity. It fixes grammar, spelling, and punctuation on various platforms. Besides proofreading, it suggests ways to make sentences clearer and more concise, helping maintain a formal tone. The premium version checks for plagiarism and includes GrammarlyGO, an AI feature that rephrases sentences, helps with writer's block, or adjusts formality based on prompts.
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Limitations/ Risks: Grammarly's main limitation is its lack of domain awareness, which can lead to misinterpretations of specialized scientific terms. It may flag correct terms as errors or suggest inappropriate synonyms that change the scientific meaning. Researchers should carefully assess its suggestions to maintain technical accuracy. Its cloud-based service also raises data privacy concerns, making it unsuitable for highly sensitive documents before public release. Over-reliance on Grammarly can create a false sense of security because it does not check for factual inaccuracies or argumentation errors, which still require human review. The plagiarism checker is not robust.
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Platform/ Integrations: Grammarly integrates with MS Word, Outlook, Google Docs, Chrome, and more. Essentially, it can work wherever you write. There is also a web application and a browser extension. There’s a desktop app and a mobile keyboard for iOS/Android
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Pricing: Free Plan – $0 for basic writing corrections (spelling, punctuation, basic grammar). Premium (Pro) – $30/month if paid monthly, or effectively $12/month if paid annually ($144/year). Premium unlocks the full suite: advanced style, vocabulary, genre-specific suggestions, plagiarism check, and GrammarlyGO generative AI.
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Tutorials/ Reviews
Screenshot of Web app