My next step was to try Hemingway as I go, instead of just using their webpage. Which, depending on the scale of which I use for that, could defeat the object of using it I need to use my own initiative to decide which pieces of advice I take onboard and which I ignore. This is a chatty, conversational blog post. So yes, there are multiple issues with the piece that I wrote, grammatically speaking.īut I don’t feel like Hemingway gives you the option to make allowances for things like style That the intended audience of this piece would hopefully understand anyway? There are apparently 11 of themīut isn’t it just detecting as very hard to read because of the terminology used? Terminology This red sentence is classed as very hard to read. This is true.Īnd the whole sentence has been highlighted as hard to read. The word ‘Previously’ is highlighted in pink to show that there is an alternative phrase available. Now that I can see my adverbs highlighted there in blue, I can see that perhaps that is So I can absolutely see what Hemingway is referring to. Let’s start with those adverbs: 52! Now, this isn’t even fiction.Īs Stephen King said, ‘the road to hell is paved with adverbs’. This feels much more focused on the sentence structure and readability than spelling and grammar, which I really like. Let’s test it with the same piece of writing I This feels more in depth than Grammarly so far. Very interesting: Hemingway gives you a lovely breakdown of what all the colours mean as well as the kinds of things that it is looking for when analysing your writing. I have definitely taken myself down a peg or two at this point-let’s see how Hemingway compares. Preferred the explanation that the web page gave me. There were more points during the first analysis, when I was using the website, and I much On the whole I feel Grammarly is a helpful tool. Twitter, Gmail, LinkedIn and Twitter are also being checked as I go-very helpful if you want to make sure your posts and connections are professional and well worded. I don’t feel that Facebook Messenger is the kind of place that you need to make 100% sure the spelling and grammar are correct. There are a handful of other little suggestion-add a hyphen here or change ‘in to’ to ‘into,’ for instance.Īs well as checking my grammar and spelling whilst I was working on something specific, it also assessed my Facebook messages. Grammarly is thorough in the way in which it helps you see the mistakes: Of course-Grammarly accounts for its own understanding of human speech. Wiping away the tears, and before I decided to give up writing altogether, I sifted through what they had suggested.Īs you scroll through the mistakes you have (apparently) made you can choose whether or not to accept them. (For those avid readers amongst you, you may recognise the excerpt above from my previous blog post, How I Failed NaNoWriMo and Why That’s Ok #shamelessplug). Nineteen different things that, if I trust that Grammarly is a better writer than me, I have done When you look at the screenshot below, try not to judge me too hard. Grammarly tells me ‘Editing made easy,’ ‘Become a better writer,’ ‘Go beyond your grammar,’ and ‘Set your goals.’ It was sweet that I got a nice tour when I loaded my first document in. Inevitably, for me to prove to myself that I don’t need this software once and for all. docx file and upload, ready for magic to happen. The dashboard that you are greeted with when you sign in looks clean and fresh and gives you the options you’d expect to find: I was a bit shocked to see that it costs $11.66 per month, but you never know-I may find it’s worth it after I have played around for a while. You are also, of course, given the option to upgrade to the paid version. It all runs very smoothly and looks neat and tidy. Once you have visited the Grammarly site and installed the plugin for your web browser, you are greeted with an option to set up your grammarly account and set your preferences. What I didn’t realise was that they can offer you so much more than just spelling tips. It was entirely for arrogant reasons.Įvery time I saw the adverts my first thought was ‘I’m too good at spelling and grammar to use one of those.’ I know! Who do I think I am? Recently I had never tried either of them out. Though I have seen countless adverts online for both Hemingway and Grammarly, until
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