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    Is there any software to check grammar?

    I have a website for articles. Is there some free software to check grammar of the articles users publish on my site? It is really time consuming to read all articles attentively. Frankly, I am getting frustrated after working with about ten of them…

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Dar View Post
    I have a website for articles. Is there some free software to check grammar of the articles users publish on my site? It is really time consuming to read all articles attentively. Frankly, I am getting frustrated after working with about ten of them…
    If you have Microsoft Word, the grammar check on that is pretty reasonable. OpenOffice doesn't have a built-in grammar checker, but an extension that seems to be quite popular is After the Deadline (disclaimer: I haven't used this so I don't know how good it is).

    But beware! Automated grammar checkers should only ever be used for a first pass of a document, and should never be used instead of a real person reading and checking through. There are plenty of times when even the best automated grammar checker will give false positives (ie, will tell you there's a mistake when it's actually correct), and many, many more where it will miss real errors. If you rely on grammar checkers, your articles will still be littered with mistakes – there really is no substitute for reading through them, except for paying someone else to read through them!
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    easy, free of cost: using Mircosoft Word. I use it every day. each grammartical found, it is underlined with red

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    yes, i used grammarly too - it is however sometimes too picky about the grammar, and it's not free...

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    I too think the only free option available is Microsoft Word, but even then I don't think depending on it completely would be good.

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    Grammar and spell check any text, correct documents, find grammar and spelling mistakes, and ... One of the leading programs out there is WhiteSmoke.
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    Ginger software is the best but its not free, you can try its trial version.

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    hi

    Yes i am using Ginger and its working very well and check the grammatical mistakes in MS Word documents and also online in Firefox so i think you can use this.I hope Ginger will solve your problem and you can save time.

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    For single words I just use google. It probably has the best guesser for my not even close spelling. Full pages I use word.

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    Whitesmoke was way too spammy for me

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    checkyourtext.com is one website for Grammar and spell check any text, correct documents, find grammar and spelling mistakes, and ... One of the leading programs out there is WhiteSmoke.



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    The original I really do not know there are software to check the the grammar! I only know that that the to can check the the part of the German the grammar in the duden.de, but there are are a lot of of the error and it can not check them out.I want to try this software you had said, because I have a lot of grammar errors!

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    Google translate is a best way to check Grammar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MatthiasSc View Post
    Google translate is a best way to check Grammar.

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    I do not think so!

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    Google translator only correct the spellings not the grammatical mistakes. I am using "Polish my writing" now a days to correct grammatical mistakes. Hope you also get help from this.

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    i used to have after the deadline installed in firefox and wordpress.

    it works fine when it works. otherwise it felt really buggy. i completely removed all my installs.

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    Yes you are right but it's free of cost.......so i think it would be give idea then we complete proper.

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    Yeah, there are many software. Ginger Software. The best software i came across..

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    There are plenty of grammar checking softwares on the Net. You can use...


    --> WhiteSmoke English Writing 2009.06

    --> Grammar Expert Plus

    Or just use the WhiteSmoke English Writing online
    for FREE here...

    Regards,
    Berry Martin

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    I use whitesmoke. It is Ok. But again it sometimes shows wrong when it is right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fkaafka View Post
    I use whitesmoke. It is Ok. But again it sometimes shows wrong when it is right.
    Can you supply some examples?

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