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Free proofreading tool
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Does anyone use any free / open source profreading tool that not only corrects spelling, double-spacing and capital letters, but also meaning. Let's say it will tell you verb or subject is missing in the sentence. Or that a sentence doesn't make sense, such as 'Dog English he does looks well twelve'.
Thanks.
Katarina
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I suggest this free proofreading tool. Its works awesome.
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Hi Roman,
We are looking at Grammarly and Ginger atm.
Thanks.
Katarina
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Hi Joe,
We are testing it.
Thanks.
Katarina
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1. Grammarly
https://www.grammarly.com/Is the most popular tool out there. Is an interesting solution that offers a lot of features. Also has a nice browser integration for Chrome.
It’s designed to provide you with “a better way to write” (their words). It finds and then corrects your grammar mistakes, gives you vocabulary suggestions. Even checks your text for plagiarism.
There are two ways of working with. You can either get the Chrome plugin or use the web app itself. Either way, you get access to the same range of features.
I’ve been working with it for a couple of years now. I can say that it’s the best real-time writer’s aid tool for WordPress out there.
2. Hemingway App
http://www.hemingwayapp.com/Hemingway is a very cool tool, but it’s also a bit different from anything else on this list. Instead of focusing on the micro, so to speak, it encourages you to take a more higher-up view at your writing.
Here’s what I mean. Even though Hemingway will let you know about an odd-looking word here and there, its main job is to improve the readability of your post. To do that, it highlights whole sentences that are either hard to read or very hard to read. Then, it’s up to you to do something about that.
3. Jetpack
https://jetpack.com/Jetpack is one of the most popular WordPress plugins out there. Heck, you already use it on your site for many purposes. But did you know about its “Spelling and Grammar” module? No?
Okay, the module actually started as a separate plugin. Its name is After the Deadline and then got included in the main Jetpack structure.
To activate that module go to (wp-admin > Jetpack > Settings). It adds an advanced spellchecking functionality to your WordPress editor.
4. Ginger
http://www.gingersoftware.com/Ginger is a tool developed by a company called Ginger Software. They’ve made a name for themselves by working on language enhancement technology. They use statistical algorithms and natural language processing. Which, I guess, means that the tool is very effective at what it does. The good thing about Ginger there are many versions available.
- Windows app
- iOS
- Android
- Chrome extension
- Safari extension
The iOS app is their main focus now. What I mean is, every other version of the tool looks like the iOS app.
NOTE: I used Grammarly and Hemingway App for this answer
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