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Grammarly Premium Makes A Lot Of Mistakes
Is Grammarly Premium worth it?
We all write. Not just journalists, marketers, and authors. We write formal e-mails to our colleagues and informal messages to our friends. We go onto forums or social medias to discuss our passions. We mindfully craft resumes, delicately selecting the words that will best describe the experience we have gained throughout our adventures.
I certainly do all of the above, while also writing articles for publications here on Medium. What more, in just a handful of months, I will be releasing my first ever book. It is vital that my writing is as proper as it is creative.
Unfortunate, then, is the fact that while most of the content I write is in English, the language is, in fact, not my first. I’ve been practicing English ever since I got Pokémon Blue for the Game Boy, but I still make countless mistakes. Take prepositions, for example. The following looks like a proper sentence to me: “I entered the shopping mall in search for a particular store.” Yet many of you will undoubtedly spot the error that I, for the longest time, could not. You don’t go somewhere in search for a particular store, but of. My Swedish brain can’t always wrap itself around English prepositions.
Fortunate, then, is the fact that digital assistants are making us humans stronger than ever before. Our bodies augmented, our lives empowered, technology is making our day-to-day easier and easier. Writing is no exception. Following recent breakthroughs in machine learning, clever grammar-enhancing assistants have emerged to allow humans to write better texts. Grammarly is one popular such tool.
Grammarly is an AI-powered digital writing assistant which, according to the company itself, is being used by more than 20 million people across the globe — daily. The business promises that the assistant help humans “compose clear, mistake-free writing.” Fast Company even included Grammarly on its list of the most innovative companies of 2019.
The company offers both free and premium plans. The free plan ensures correctness in grammar, spelling, and…
