Even though some editors like to bad-mouth Grammarly, thank you for pointing its benefits and stressing that it's useful before sending your manuscript to the editor.
I too love that Grammarly! Also, by listening to the items grammar with which you struggle, we must've attended the same elementary school! At 78 years later, I still cannot wrap my mind around the correct use of the of the comma.
I've been following your videos for some time and I love them. Please forgive my ignorance, but isn't that comma before 'and' an Oxford comma? Isn't that a bit of a literary license to use it or not? I personally hate the Oxford comma unless there are specific occasions to use it. Then again, English is not my mother tongue...
Both Grammarly and Pro Writing Aid are great tools, I love them both. But, (and it is a big but), they are to be used with care. I find PWA will give me a clear document, and when I copy and paste it into Grammarly, I get three of four errors showing up. Neither programme agrees with each other at times, especially where the comma is concerned. I like PWA best because it gives you more things to check. I love the quality of their reports. PS. I use the free versions and work through the errors manually. As an amateur photographer, I understand the value of these programmes. I have Capture1 Pro11 and Photoshop Elements in my arsenal, and they deliver all I need for top class imagery. Maybe one day, I can add the "paid-for" version of Grammarly to my collection. lol
I've had Grammarly for ages and I love it! Such a great tool! I use the Google plug-in as well for when I'm on social media and don't want any odd typos.
Thank you very much Joanna. I'm definitely going to buy it straight away! I'll use your link of course. Thanks again. Thanks for the tip about American and British English too. It's got me thinking.
Thanks, Joanna, super useful! I kept ignoring Grammarly ad for ever, because I didn't quite get what (and how well) it works. So, this was super useful for me to finally understand it. Thanks ;-)
Glad it helped. It's definitely one of those tools that you don't think you need until you start using it and then you wondered what you did without it!
I make about 1500/mo with self-publishing and Grammarly is great although not perfect. The best way in my opinion is to use Grammarly and then send to an editor.
Perfect It found issues other programs didn’t find. Pro Writing Aid and Auto Crit are other excellent programs. Auto Crit is designed for fiction, but can be used for non-fiction. (Note: I don't get any kick back and don't have any connection to these programs).
I started using grammarly recently. I have looked over the reasons for the changes often....and....I am the same with commas! I need to start practicing and grade myself! Lol.
Thank you so much for your videos, advice and genuine nature. I have you on my playlist for encouragment while i try and get back into the swing of writing my second novel. You're helping a lot. Thank you!
There's a free online editing software by the name of edit minion. How does it compare to grammerly? Also, would you recommend grammerly over prowriting aid?
Just found this channel a week ago and started reading Stone of Fire! Thank you for all you do! The link you posted is not working. I just tried a couple of times.
Just checked the link and it is working fine for me - www.TheCreativePenn.com/grammarly It might be something to do with your geographic location as the affiliate link might not work everywhere. You can just go to Grammarly.com too :)
It's grammar and sentence structure e.g. passive voice - but it's not an editor :) Just helps you find things you might want to fix. It has a free version so just have a go.
Hello, I enjoyed your video. I do mainly academic writing and use Chicago/Turabian Style manual. I noticed in your text you did not spell out "94," which is ok for novel writing, but for scholarly work, we are taught to spell out numbers 0-99. Does Grammarly have a setting for this type of work? Please understand I'm not being critical. I just want to know the software's options. Thanks
Hi Johanna, I've been struggling with one common mistake which I can't seem to identify or correct... Please help me understand "Intricate Text" which I believe is also part of the premium check of grammarly.
Thank you for the video. I was wondering if Grammarly would work with Scrivener. It's great to know there is a work around. I would really like to know the benefits of the paid version vs the free version.
I write for a small market segment and I actually produce british and american versions because americans are unaware of the rest of the word and its spelling or terms.
I have a video on PWA here - czcams.com/video/p2Qu20LWg38/video.html and personally, I used to use Grammarly but have now shifted to PWA for everything. I love it.
Does Grammarly work with Apple Notes. Is there a plug-in for Notes. If not, it is too bad that I have to copy and paste to the Grammarly icon. Help me to keep it simple as it would be if I used email to do my ad-hoc, random, writing for practice, etc. I don't use email for that. I intend to send any email of my writing to anyone. Help me if you understand my dilemma.
I've been using grammar and just bought quarterly premium plan. But not with your link. Sorry Penn. Had you done this video earlier I would have used that link😊
We Americans speak one way and write another. People, apparently, slept through 12 years of English in school. The college I graduated from required all students to complete a 2 part, English competency exam prior to their graduation. Also, all students were required to take two semesters of English writing called "Communications Skills" prior to sitting for the exam. Most students sat for the exam in the first semester of their sophomore year after passing Comm. Skills I and II in their freshman year. Students could retake the test as many times as they needed; however, if a student was to fail the test in his/her final semester, there was no diploma awarded. I was a student instructor for the college's English Skills Lab. It was my task to aid those junior/senior students who needed special attention on a fast track to competency before graduation. You would not believe how many students could not write their own language. It was embarrassing, especially after they graduated from high school. But, does "Grammarly" point out the mistakes made by writers with an explanation of the rules governing the grammatical errors? Or, is "Grammarly" just a correction device?
Can grammarly help me write/edit content to make it like native American English copy? I'm from Sri Lanka and we are used to bit old fashioned British English here. I want to make my blog posts easy to read for my American readers who are the majority of my readers. Thank you :)
Faf - when I receive company emails with perfect grammar and spelling - I worry that the person sending it has spent way too much time on it. Email should be readable, get the point across and not be overly wordy. Think it - plan it - write it - quickly review it - send it, Using Grammarly ads an extra layer of faf to the workflow. I'm paying people to work not to write essays! I don't care if someone writes 'who' instead of 'whom' . I know what 'hte' means, I also know what 'htem' means - why bother fafing around to correct?
Yes, as per the notes and the video, I mention I am an affiliate for Grammarly. But as with all my affiliate recommendations, I use Grammarly for all my books and I highly recommend it.
I have a Masters degree from the University of Oxford, I've written 28 books and I STILL have an issue with commas :) I use Grammarly for every book now.
Grammarly premium isn't as helpful as everybody write about it! I downloaded it due to excellet reviews, but I was higly disappointed when I saw that the program wasn't to my help so much. I would give it 2 out of 5. It corrects faults but not as successfuly as in reviews on CZcams. And one more negative thing about it, is that you cannot rate it on the official site. Which may be an evidence that the creators don't want us to know about real reviews. You cannot write any comments even on its CZcams Chanel. Coincidence?
@@thecreativepenn How do I know that you really mean what you wrote and don't get some money for your good reviews from Grammarly Team? Joke :) Maybe it helps you, when you are alreday good at English and need a little bit feedback for your writing. BUT this program isn't good enough for money it costs! It corrects you, but it suggests sometimes wrong words and it doesn't corrects you as good as it promised in it's advertisements or in some comments. If you serach for Grammarly Advertisement videos on CZcams, so in every video there are more dislikes than likes, so many find it unuseful. And one more thing If the program was really good, there wouldn't be closed comments on its CZcams Channel and there would be an opportunity for users to grade it. Next time I will be smarter and won't buy programs without real reviews!
Grammarly doesn't improve your writing any more than hiring someone to paper your walls helps improve your wallpapering skills. These stupid insane machine learning AI BS algorithms are trying to inflict some sort of digital fascism for the masses where 100 years from now people won't have any thoughts of their own, they'll walk around with visors on watching images from flickr and videos from youtube while the planet they live in turns into a dystopian wastland with factory after factory producing energy to power the computers that are needed to reinforce this virtual AI dreamworld everyone is living in, These stupid little programs are the beta test and by submissively giving in and effectively removing your brain you are feeding this bizarre dystopian future that the zuckerberg and gates weirdos of this world are dreaming. What they want if for, I dont' know...they are mortals like us I believe, and will die soon, why are they content on destroying the future generations?! The great writers of the renaissance periods left us a challenge, to rise to their calibre using only the mightiest weapon of them all, then pen. Any "writer" who can not use a pen to write is not more a writer than a dentist is a drain surgeon.... IDIOTS EDIT.... I have a video of me writing this response, i did not writ THEN PEN ... CZcams AI is continually changing the spelling of my posts, to discredit people and push the notion into people that "hey maybe Im dumb maybe I need dat dere grammerly thing duurrrr"
You sound like a really smart writer lady, so I'll put the comment that Grammarly is scared of here an other places! To Grammarly: Your product is cliche! They already invented something to help people write correctly! It's called the dictionary! You can also look up grammar and usage online for free! Also MS Works has corrective features...or it least it did a few years ago! If all else fales, proofread it yourself or get a friend!
I apologize for that misspelling! My computer is so slow that it can't keep up with my genius! I am forced to use notepad to type my comments out, as CZcams does not allow me to type fast enough and misspells my words sometimes!
I decide on my own paragraphs. That's a personal style thing as well as related to genre e.g. compare a James Patterson thriller to a literary fiction novel and you will see the difference.
Even though some editors like to bad-mouth Grammarly, thank you for pointing its benefits and stressing that it's useful before sending your manuscript to the editor.
I love Grammarly :) I use it for every book now.
The video was wonderful and expressive. I really appreciate it. Thank you.
Just started checking out the free version of Grammarly and I really like it. I was a Finalist in Writers of the Future Vol # 37 Q 3.
I too love that Grammarly! Also, by listening to the items grammar with which you struggle, we must've attended the same elementary school! At 78 years later, I still cannot wrap my mind around the correct use of the of the comma.
Luckily we never have to learn completely, as tools like Grammarly help us!
U made it simple man ur subscribers are well deserved
I have been using Grammarly for a while now. You have to be careful as it will change your wording.
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This is a wonderful substitution for those that cannot yet afford an editor. I love how you do learn from it.
I'm still trying to learn commas :)
Ugh! Me, too! If I concentrate too hard on them, it hinders my creativity.
I've been following your videos for some time and I love them. Please forgive my ignorance, but isn't that comma before 'and' an Oxford comma? Isn't that a bit of a literary license to use it or not? I personally hate the Oxford comma unless there are specific occasions to use it. Then again, English is not my mother tongue...
Grammarly is really good, I like to use Grammarly and then send it to an editor but if you're on a budget it's great
This was really helpful. I have hesitated about getting Grammarly, but this will help me make a more informed decision. Thanks. :-)
Both Grammarly and Pro Writing Aid are great tools, I love them both. But, (and it is a big but), they are to be used with care. I find PWA will give me a clear document, and when I copy and paste it into Grammarly, I get three of four errors showing up. Neither programme agrees with each other at times, especially where the comma is concerned. I like PWA best because it gives you more things to check. I love the quality of their reports. PS. I use the free versions and work through the errors manually. As an amateur photographer, I understand the value of these programmes. I have Capture1 Pro11 and Photoshop Elements in my arsenal, and they deliver all I need for top class imagery. Maybe one day, I can add the "paid-for" version of Grammarly to my collection. lol
I've had Grammarly for ages and I love it! Such a great tool! I use the Google plug-in as well for when I'm on social media and don't want any odd typos.
I'm finding more functionality the more I use it :)
checking yourself manually is the only real way. i am an author of seven self published books, and had to learn the hard way
please help me i need job here
Thank you very much Joanna. I'm definitely going to buy it straight away! I'll use your link of course. Thanks again. Thanks for the tip about American and British English too. It's got me thinking.
We have the exact same writing 'issues' commas, very's and actually, (also 'just' for me)
I also use 'just' :) I have to remove so many of them!
Thanks, Joanna, super useful! I kept ignoring Grammarly ad for ever, because I didn't quite get what (and how well) it works. So, this was super useful for me to finally understand it. Thanks ;-)
Glad it helped. It's definitely one of those tools that you don't think you need until you start using it and then you wondered what you did without it!
Nice video 📹 and explained very well.
This was very useful video and I'll be giving grammerly a try.
I make about 1500/mo with self-publishing and Grammarly is great although not perfect. The best way in my opinion is to use Grammarly and then send to an editor.
Agreed. I use Grammarly before I send to a proofreader towards the end of my process.
I suppose, this is most informative and useful review I’ve seen before. Thank you for your effort!
Glad it was helpful!
I have it, and I love it. Mine is connected as an add-on in Word. Nice video. Great info.
Glad you find it useful :)
Nice overview. Helpful.
Thanks for the excellent video!
This is a very good and useful tool for writers and aspiring student writers.
Perfect It found issues other programs didn’t find. Pro Writing Aid and Auto Crit are other excellent programs. Auto Crit is designed for fiction, but can be used for non-fiction. (Note: I don't get any kick back and don't have any connection to these programs).
I just paid a year for gramerly it's awesome. I love your videos
Glad you're enjoying the videos :)
Thanks too.
I use the word add-in and copy over to Scrivener. That way I can set the type of writing I am doing.
You sound like a pro-user :) I'm clearly not using all the functionality!
Nah, I just discover that messing about with the program.
Hello, I appreciate you teach[ng me how I can improve my writing.
I started using grammarly recently. I have looked over the reasons for the changes often....and....I am the same with commas! I need to start practicing and grade myself! Lol.
It definitely helps with commas - although every time I upload a new chapter, I still have the same issues :)
Thank you so much for your videos, advice and genuine nature. I have you on my playlist for encouragment while i try and get back into the swing of writing my second novel. You're helping a lot. Thank you!
I'm so glad you're finding them useful :) Happy writing!
Aloha, excellent advice & tips! I look forward to using Grammarly.
Thanks - and I use it every day so definitely a useful tool
Thanks.
great...thanks for the tips
Nice one
There's a free online editing software by the name of edit minion.
How does it compare to grammerly?
Also, would you recommend grammerly over prowriting aid?
Hi, when I did all the corrections, where can I submit them if you are working online?
Just found this channel a week ago and started reading Stone of Fire! Thank you for all you do! The link you posted is not working. I just tried a couple of times.
Just checked the link and it is working fine for me - www.TheCreativePenn.com/grammarly
It might be something to do with your geographic location as the affiliate link might not work everywhere. You can just go to Grammarly.com too :)
if I want to check my plagiarism and sentence structure with the help of grammary. is it possible..?
Does it help re-word sentences? or paragraphs? Or is it basically to correct, commas, spelling errors etc...
It's grammar and sentence structure e.g. passive voice - but it's not an editor :) Just helps you find things you might want to fix. It has a free version so just have a go.
Can i paste my corrections back into my word document or is it cooyrighted and i need to correct on my document as i go?
You can update as you go
Hello, I enjoyed your video. I do mainly academic writing and use Chicago/Turabian Style manual. I noticed in your text you did not spell out "94," which is ok for novel writing, but for scholarly work, we are taught to spell out numbers 0-99. Does Grammarly have a setting for this type of work? Please understand I'm not being critical. I just want to know the software's options. Thanks
Best to look at those settings yourself - they do have an academic version, but for me, this is fine.
Hi Johanna, I've been struggling with one common mistake which I can't seem to identify or correct... Please help me understand "Intricate Text" which I believe is also part of the premium check of grammarly.
sorry, you'll need to ask Grammarly help for any details
Thank you for the video. I was wondering if Grammarly would work with Scrivener. It's great to know there is a work around. I would really like to know the benefits of the paid version vs the free version.
Check out the free version and if that's enough, then awesome :)
Thank you for your reply. I have the free version I was really asking what's the paid version that's not in the free version.
my eye sight is not great so Grammerly is a blessing
Glad it helps!
I love using Grammarly.
Same 😀
I write for a small market segment and I actually produce british and american versions because americans are unaware of the rest of the word and its spelling or terms.
I just use American English as most British English speakers are aware of different spellings and don't report typos :)
Yes it's the best grammar app ever I can type way faster now
I wonder how this compares with Pro Writing Aid.
I have a video on PWA here - czcams.com/video/p2Qu20LWg38/video.html
and personally, I used to use Grammarly but have now shifted to PWA for everything. I love it.
Thanks Jo, mind those commas😃
Oh my gosh, I got a Grammarly ad that is so funny! Oh and I have Grammarly on and it corrected my spelling haha!
Useful Tool Anyways, good Review On Grammarly
Hello. Is it possible to buy it just for ONE MONTH? And not to pay for the second one?
You'll have to ask Grammarly :)
Great video Joanna! :-)
thanks :)
cool it works
hello, are you using the premium version?
Yes, I find it very useful
Does Grammarly work with Apple Notes. Is there a plug-in for Notes. If not, it is too bad that I have to copy and paste to the Grammarly icon. Help me to keep it simple as it would be if I used email to do my ad-hoc, random, writing for practice, etc. I don't use email for that. I intend to send any email of my writing to anyone. Help me if you understand my dilemma.
Not sure, sorry. Best to ask Grammarly support.
James Nomura yes, it works in Apple Notes,, just install the Gramarly app and enable it in your keyboard in Setting,
i used it for 8 months
I've been using grammar and just bought quarterly premium plan. But not with your link. Sorry Penn. Had you done this video earlier I would have used that link😊
Thanks :) I've been meaning to do this video for over a year - glad I finally got round to it!
Thanks
We Americans speak one way and write another. People, apparently, slept through 12 years of English in school. The college I graduated from required all students to complete a 2 part, English competency exam prior to their graduation. Also, all students were required to take two semesters of English writing called "Communications Skills" prior to sitting for the exam. Most students sat for the exam in the first semester of their sophomore year after passing Comm. Skills I and II in their freshman year. Students could retake the test as many times as they needed; however, if a student was to fail the test in his/her final semester, there was no diploma awarded. I was a student instructor for the college's English Skills Lab. It was my task to aid those junior/senior students who needed special attention on a fast track to competency before graduation. You would not believe how many students could not write their own language. It was embarrassing, especially after they graduated from high school. But, does "Grammarly" point out the mistakes made by writers with an explanation of the rules governing the grammatical errors? Or, is "Grammarly" just a correction device?
its a reallly good software and gets all, the errors that i make)
Does Grammarly work with Google Docs?
To answer my own question... my Google Mini says, "Yes- as long as you have the app open and Chrome is your browser."
Can grammarly help me write/edit content to make it like native American English copy? I'm from Sri Lanka and we are used to bit old fashioned British English here. I want to make my blog posts easy to read for my American readers who are the majority of my readers. Thank you :)
You can change settings to American :)
Faf - when I receive company emails with perfect grammar and spelling - I worry that the person sending it has spent way too much time on it.
Email should be readable, get the point across and not be overly wordy.
Think it - plan it - write it - quickly review it - send it,
Using Grammarly ads an extra layer of faf to the workflow. I'm paying people to work not to write essays!
I don't care if someone writes 'who' instead of 'whom' . I know what 'hte' means, I also know what 'htem' means - why bother fafing around to correct?
Yes, but this is a channel for writers who write essays, books, and longer works :)
You're one cool lady!
1.41.... tutorial starts.
I'm putting a novel through Grammarly now. I find that I'm using many unnecessary comas.
My comma usage is hilarious :) I can't seem to get the correct way into my head! So, have fun!
I use Grammarly premium its great.
bruh I got an ad for grammarly for this.
They are targeting well :)
The Creative Penn ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED
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Poster, have you ever received money from Grammarly or the company behind it for endorsing this product?
Yes, as per the notes and the video, I mention I am an affiliate for Grammarly. But as with all my affiliate recommendations, I use Grammarly for all my books and I highly recommend it.
hallo
is hello not hallo
its helping me loads with self publishing because I am too broke to hire editors my job doesn't pay me enough
this is amaizing app help you to write better
Yet, you chose not to use it to write your comment.
tu correro soy mexicano
That sidebar is not on my Grammarly and I have Premium!
Please sell this tool to #POTUS. If he won't pay, I will fund his subscription.
Grammarly is a wonderful tool, but so is WhiteSmoke, also worth looking at.
I want to like your video twice.
Thank you :)
How about the alternative of -- what a shocking concept! -- actually obtaining an education?
I have a Masters degree from the University of Oxford, I've written 28 books and I STILL have an issue with commas :) I use Grammarly for every book now.
Every writer has "blind spots" and anyone who has ever written at any level above high school knows this.
Grammarly premium isn't as helpful as everybody write about it! I downloaded it due to excellet reviews, but I was higly disappointed when I saw that the program wasn't to my help so much. I would give it 2 out of 5. It corrects faults but not as successfuly as in reviews on CZcams. And one more negative thing about it, is that you cannot rate it on the official site. Which may be an evidence that the creators don't want us to know about real reviews. You cannot write any comments even on its CZcams Chanel. Coincidence?
I still use it for every book to run my chapters through so I find it useful after several years
@@thecreativepenn How do I know that you really mean what you wrote and don't get some money for your good reviews from Grammarly Team? Joke :) Maybe it helps you, when you are alreday good at English and need a little bit feedback for your writing. BUT this program isn't good enough for money it costs! It corrects you, but it suggests sometimes wrong words and it doesn't corrects you as good as it promised in it's advertisements or in some comments. If you serach for Grammarly Advertisement videos on CZcams, so in every video there are more dislikes than likes, so many find it unuseful. And one more thing If the program was really good, there wouldn't be closed comments on its CZcams Channel and there would be an opportunity for users to grade it. Next time I will be smarter and won't buy programs without real reviews!
...because I'm just useless... haha
Grammarly doesn't improve your writing any more than hiring someone to paper your walls helps improve your wallpapering skills. These stupid insane machine learning AI BS algorithms are trying to inflict some sort of digital fascism for the masses where 100 years from now people won't have any thoughts of their own, they'll walk around with visors on watching images from flickr and videos from youtube while the planet they live in turns into a dystopian wastland with factory after factory producing energy to power the computers that are needed to reinforce this virtual AI dreamworld everyone is living in, These stupid little programs are the beta test and by submissively giving in and effectively removing your brain you are feeding this bizarre dystopian future that the zuckerberg and gates weirdos of this world are dreaming. What they want if for, I dont' know...they are mortals like us I believe, and will die soon, why are they content on destroying the future generations?! The great writers of the renaissance periods left us a challenge, to rise to their calibre using only the mightiest weapon of them all, then pen. Any "writer" who can not use a pen to write is not more a writer than a dentist is a drain surgeon.... IDIOTS
EDIT.... I have a video of me writing this response, i did not writ THEN PEN ... CZcams AI is continually changing the spelling of my posts, to discredit people and push the notion into people that "hey maybe Im dumb maybe I need dat dere grammerly thing duurrrr"
You sound like a really smart writer lady, so I'll put the comment that Grammarly is scared of here an other places!
To Grammarly:
Your product is cliche! They already invented something to help people write correctly! It's called the dictionary! You can also look up grammar and usage online for free! Also MS Works has corrective features...or it least it did a few years ago! If all else fales, proofread it yourself or get a friend!
fales = fails I suggest?
I apologize for that misspelling! My computer is so slow that it can't keep up with my genius! I am forced to use notepad to type my comments out, as CZcams does not allow me to type fast enough and misspells my words sometimes!
@@jd6473 Yup, I hear you
I just hope u did read the term and agreements before using it !LOLLL
I just started using Grammarly but not the premium yet. My issue is mainly to help with paragraphs. Who do you use for that?
I decide on my own paragraphs. That's a personal style thing as well as related to genre e.g. compare a James Patterson thriller to a literary fiction novel and you will see the difference.
@@thecreativepenn I have several of his books. I will have to really look at those in another light. Thank you so much for your help.