Grammarly


Grammarly is a grammar tutorial program designed to evaluate writing and offer suggestions for improvements with grammar and punctuation issues. Grammarly is a complex tool and is not meant for those not willing to carefully read suggestions and decide if changes are needed or not.

Grammarly will:

  • help with subject-verb agreement, pronoun reference, comma use, and many other grammatical issues
  • make vocabulary suggestions
  • make suggestions to avoid wordiness
  • allow changes to be made within the program based on suggestions
  • improve student grammar if tutorials are carefully read and followed

Remember that Grammarly is meant for assistance and not as a replacement for a human writing tutor; as such, Grammarly :

  • may not catch every error
  • will not fix the errors automatically
  • will not help with idea/thesis generation*
  • will not help with organization and transitions*
  • will not help with citation format.*

*For one-on-one instruction with a live tutor please visit the Writing Center in Walker 306. The Writing Center is staffed by members of the English Department and is open from 1pm-4pm Monday through Thursday.

For assistance using Grammarly , please see Reid Austin in the Library or e-mail him at austinr@smcsc.edu

 

 

 

 

Creating a Grammarly Account:

  1. Go to http://www.sentenceworks.com
  2. Register a new account. SMC email must be used for this.
  3. Check your email for verification.
  4. Follow the link in the email and complete the account creation process

Using Grammarly :

  1. Open whichever word processing program you use.
  2. Highlight and copy the text you wish to edit. Note that Grammarly will work best with text in paragraph form, so avoid text such as headers, footers, and charts when possible.
  3. Go to http://www.Grammarly.com
  4. Log in to your account.
  5. Paste the text you wish to edit.
  6. Click "Start Review."
  7. Wait for Grammarly to evaluate the document.
  8. Read each suggestion carefully and make any necessary changes. This is where you can really improve your grammar skills by paying close attention to the suggestions made and deciding if changes need to be made.
  9. You can make corrections be either clicking on green suggestions (when available) or making the corrections manually in the text box.
  10. When you are finished with corrections, copy/paste your text back to your original document.