Blogging: The Grammarly Grammar Checker

Most bloggers I know, whether homeschool bloggers or not, are women (or men) who love to write and take great pride in their writing. Like me, they are concerned with the content, appearance and polish of their blog and the posts within in. That is why I am excited to share with you the Grammarly Grammar Checker. (Oh where have you been all my life)!!!

 I have pet peeves when I am blog reading:

• Words that are not spelled correctly
• Grammar mistakes
• Posts that just abruptly end
• Posts that do not credit their sources/photos properly
• Posts that ,once all done, have offered the reader very little
 

I have been guilty of all these. Especially when I was a new blogger.

Now that I am more experienced, I try to not commit any of these 5 blogging mistakes. I can use spell check. I can double check posts to make sure photos, intellectual property ideas and information has been properly cited.  I can re-read my posts to make sure they come to a logical conclusion and offer either encouragement, entertainment, or better yet those two combined with information and resources for my readers. I can do all of that. You can do all of that.

What can be  challenging for most bloggers, me included, is grammar checking. You can read it aloud to see if it "sounds right", but I want to be sure. What I put out there in blogland is a reflection of me. Each post I write, especially as a homeschooler-- one who gives advice on homeschooling-- is a reflection of my style, skill, and credentials. Grammar mistakes glare out at the reader and undermine my position as someone who is educating their own children. True, everyone makes them, but homeschoolers are definitely held to a high standard for getting it right... by their families and their audience.

That's where the Grammarly Grammar Checker becomes an invaluable tool. Grammarly is a grammar checker  that anyone can use and use easily.  It is your new automated proof reader and if you are a serious blogger/writer, may just become your new best friend. All you do is copy and paste your blog post (or in my current graduate school purgatory: final paper)-whatever you need to check- into their checker section and Grammarly does the work for you. 

 

 Grammarly will search through your blog post/resume/book report/whatever and look for comma use, verbs, context, and more to make sure your writing is grammatically correct! Think spell check for grammar.  Oh, and speaking of spell check...it does that too. It also gives you a detailed error report of WHY something was incorrect so that (hopefully) you will not make the same mistake again. Did I mention it has vocabulary enrichment tools? This helps  keep  you from overusing same words in your writing.

Here's my favorite part about the Grammarly Grammar Checker. It checks for Plagiarism. Plagiarism is wrong and in theory everyone knows this. In practice, in blogland, we all know not everyone adheres to it.  If your a homeschooler, or a non-homeschooling parent, this provides a valuable service for you as you can easily make sure your older child is doing their own work when it comes to book reports, science project write ups, college essays and more.

Want to try  Grammarly out for yourself and take it for a test drive around your blog and homeschool? You can get a free 7 day trial of Grammarly  to check out its many benefits and services. At the end of 7 days you have the option to opt our or purchase a membership.There are three different types of memberships:  monthly ($19.95/mo.), quarterly ($13.45/mo. billed as one payment of $39.95) or yearly for $95.45 (only $7.95 per month).

If grammar is not your strong suit, but you are serious about your writing/blogging,  I recommend giving the Grammarly Grammar checker a try.  For more information about Grammarly, go to www.grammarly.com

**This is a compensated post. I received a free gift in exchange for my post. Any opinions expressed are my own and not influenced in any way.

Blessed Blogging,