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How Grammarly Made This Semester So Much Better Than Last

College students using Grammarly

Editor’s Note:I’m a sophomore in college, and after I spent half my day at the peer tutor office, I realized my writing wasn’t where it needed to be. I didn’t want to visit them every time I needed help, so I looked into alternatives, which is how I found my own personal tutor, Grammarly.

Before Grammarly

College is all fun and games until you find out professors dock your grade for any and all spelling mistakes.

Last semester, I had a professor mandate that everyone in the class go to our on-campus peer tutor service so we could gauge our grammar and writing skills.

One by one we all went, and one by one we came out with papers covered in red circles, underlined text, and crossed-out paragraphs. We all laughed about it, but at the end of the day, it was pretty alarming to see how many errors I personally had. I’m not claiming I’m some best-selling author, but I thought I could catch a run-on sentence fairly easily.

After the initial shock wore off, I decided to go back to the peer tutor office for help with papers I was writing for other classes. It was the same song and dance, and I felt like I was just making the same mistakes over and over again — I wasn’t really learning where the problem stemmed from, either.

I found one tutor who went through my writing and explained what the problem was and how to fix it moving forward, but she was always booked — sometimes I’d have to wait weeks to see her again.

After the semester ended, I realized I hadn’t learned anything past grammar. It was so hit-or-miss depending on which tutor I got, and truth be told, I spent way too much time there.

I started looking into alternatives that worked around my schedule and did more than just troll for grammar. And that’s when I found Grammarly.


After Grammarly

Grammarly was such a game-changer for me, I don’t even know where to start. Now my confidence is through the roof, and I don’t feel like I need to reread my emails or essays a million times. Plus, I don’t have to practically live at the tutor office!

The spell-check is next level; it catches things like word redundancy when I use words like ‘really’ too much, and the Premium version offers word overuse, which identifies places where I use certain words too many times and offers robust alternatives. However, it offers way more than just spell-check, and that’s why I’m hooked.

Grammarly has a tone detector, which I never knew I needed. Let’s just say sometimes my tone is a little . . . aggressive? It analyzes my word choice, phrasing, punctuation, and even capitalization to determine my overall tone.

In addition to checking the tone, Grammarly also lets me write with a particular audience in mind. It gives me tailored suggestions based on my objective and audience. For example, I can choose if I’m talking to a general, knowledgeable, or expert audience, and then I can go so far as to choose formality level — informal, neutral, or formal.

And last but not least — and certainly my favorite aspect of Grammarly — I can take it anywhere. So long, peer tutor office! I downloaded the Grammarly Keyboard to my phone, so no matter where I am or what device I’m using, I know my grammar, tone, and everything in between is on point.

Grammarly is like having your own personal peer tutor in your pocket but better. Whether I’m pulling an all-nighter to finish an essay or sending a quick email to a professor, I can rely on Grammarly 24/7 to make sure my writing is in great shape. I’m actually learning through Grammarly, and with it I’m improving my overall writing capabilities.

Start writing like a pro today: Click this link now to try Grammarly for free!

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