Grammarly was released in July 2009, but it took me a while to discover which of the tools would be best for me to use in my writing. Here are the reasons I selected Grammerly

We have all heard the expression that it is not what you say but how you say it that counts. That statement is on the mark! When I am preparing my manuscripts, nothing else is as important to me, but I type and pay no attention to my spelling or punctuation. When I first began writing, my coaches would tell me to get the content down first and then go back to edit. The problem is that often my words would run into each together or scramble in such a way, I was not sure what I had said. Time is one thing you cannot afford to lose as a writer with mistakes that can be avoided, and these simple errors can cost you while trying to recreate the same words, or worse, it can affect the flow which it had done to me. Many occasions, I had to recreate the word or rewrite the sentence from those simple errors.

When first considering Grammarly, I was unsure of the logic of buying a program since the options existed to use a dictating platform such as Dragon. So I did explore that possibility. It sounded reasonable, but for one thing. I purchased the external speaker but became spooked and just never installed it. Sometime later, I bought a new Apple MacPro computer, and the ability to dictate my work was on the keyboard, so I thought, why buy Grammarly or any other program?

That answer became apparent one day while marketing on Facebook. Never had I known, gave thought to or was warned that the dictating machine had a mind of its own and without proofreading my work, I trustingly hit the post icon, and my biggest nightmare had happened. I was so busy promoting that it went unnoticed until messages began rolling in asking me why I would say or use such language. The messages said, a sailors mouth would have been more pleasant. I deleted the post, but the damage had already been done. I immediately went back to look at the Grammarly program and found it was compatible with both my computer as well as our PC. They had a free program, so I used it for a month but found I wanted more. That program did improve my writing, but once I experienced the benefits without so many problems, I was and am convinced this program was a must for anyone who writes-books, messages, letters, e-mails or anything else that matters.

Sadly, I have likely earned a reputation for making spelling errors in e-mails, etc. but now with the program, I am proud of the accuracy of my e-mail messages, correspondences and most importantly, my manuscript preciseness. Not only has it improved my spelling but punctuation and sentence flow as well as being told when the same word is repeated in the same document too often or suggestions for ways to reword sentences. When writing it’s often easy to slip in and out of time such as the past and present tense. Fortunately, Grammarly has the ability to alert you when that occurs.

I have used it now for eight months, and again, I want more. My intentions now are to get the next package up which offers me even more. They even offer packages for businesses capable of sharing with multiple employees.

Writing clear and precise copy is a vast difference than to ramble with words not working together that will grab a readers attention. My marketing skills have also immensely improved, making me wondering if I had written a particular paragraph or not.

Grammarly is an extraordinary program, and my only real complaint (which may be operator error) is this that when you place your document in the Grammarly format, it will not transfer back with italicized words. I have just been too busy to explore this problem, but if I find it does work, this would then be an even more perfect fit for my needs and any writer. Even with this inconvenience, it has saved me hours from re-writes.

As you place each document into the Grammarly format, you're asked who your audience is, level of knowledge and inquiring about every aspect so reaching your specified audience, it’s done properly whichis useful for any message style you want to convey.

My confidence level as a writer has improved 150% since the first time I used this program, and my recommendation is that you use it. Why wait as I did? Get started today. The package up from the free plan is less than $150 a year and worth every quarter.

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