@riaface Thanks for mentioning Grammarly! The better link to use to get the Chrome extension is https://www.grammarly.com/ Could you update the link in the original post?
@everyone - I'm a co-founder and head of growth at Grammarly and will be happy to answer questions or provide comments.
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@riaface@everyone@max_lytvyn Max, greatest thing since sliced bread! And, yes, I realize I am missing the article for effect!
@riaface@everyone@max_lytvyn Do you provide an extension settings page, to allow the user to control which extensions Grammarly js-injects into? FWIW, it can break other extensions.
@osakasaul Yes, this is on a ToDo list. We currently provide a way to disable it for certain sites and automatically disable it for certain conflicting extensions, but will allow more control in the future.
Chrome's inbuilt spellchecker is good, but sometimes it doesn't cut the mustard. This Chrome extension also checks for context, grammar and punctuation issues, and has a thesaurus and dictionary to boot.
JFYI that the main link being used is legacy and there's a newer flow here: https://free.grammarly.com/ (in case you all want to check that out). The older page will be sunset soon. Thanks, Ria, for the post!
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I love Grammarly. The Pro version is a tad pricey, but it works. It's one big, big drawback is that it doesn't work in Google Docs (at least last time I checked).
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This is a brilliant way to get people into their funnel. On the free text checker on their website Grammarly uses the format developed by SEO firms to inform you of errors without telling you exactly what they are—unless you sign up! Getting the benefit directly in the browser provides better UX. This way, you just get the upsell when you click on "open grammarly," which probably provides better conversion rates.
It helps a lot. I'm not a native speaker but I use English quite often to communicate. And there's no need to worry about spelling and prepositions anymore!
Pros:
It corrects me better than my tough Siberian teacher!
Cons:
None
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Awesome Chrome extension. Sometimes it provides definitions and sometimes it provides synonyms. How does it decide? Can you get it to show both / modify the settings?
@shimmb Great question, Simon. So, Grammarly gives definitions when you browse the web but when you are writing text (such as in Gmail or Facebook) you get synonyms. There is currently no way to toggle this setting but we are working on iterative features and more customization on each release.
This is a great help and I have already recommended it to a few of the worst emailers I know.
Is there anyone else having issues paste-ing images into Slack, with this enabled? My text box is also the same color yellow as it is when there is no connection. I am certain it's the extension because it's icon is overlapping the emoticon icon in the far right of the text box, and animating as I type, or attempt to past. (updated: confirmed. Disabled extention and am able to paste images to slack)
Using grammarly since 2012 and it really helped in correct minor mistakes which can make all the difference in someone's writing. But sometimes, the chrome extension can be erratic and then I have to turn it off and turn on again but other than this, it's a brilliant tool every writer should have in it's tool portfolio.
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It helps a lot. I'm not a native speaker but I use English quite often to communicate. And there's no need to worry about spelling and prepositions anymore!
Pros:It corrects me better than my tough Siberian teacher!
Cons:None
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