Grammarly
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 Screenshot of Grammarly.com | |
| Type | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Foundation date | 2009 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco (with an additional office in Kiev) |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Alex Shevchenko and Max Lytvyn |
| Key people | Brad Hoover (CEO) |
| Products | Grammar checker, Spell checker |
| Services | Proofreading, Plagiarism detection |
| Slogan(s) | "The World's Best Grammar Checker" |
| Website | Grammarly.com |
| Alexa rank |
 4,650 (February 2014)[1] |
| Registration | Optional (required for higher privileges) |
| Users | 3,000,000 plus |
| Current status | Active |
Grammarly is a writing-enhancement platform developed by Grammarly, Inc., and launched in 2009. Grammarly's proofreading and plagiarism-detection capabilities[2] check for a writer's adherence to more than 250 grammar rules.[3][4][5]
History
The company was founded in 2009 by Alex Shevchenko and Max Lytvyn when they were both 28 years old.[5][6] It was incorporated in August 2011.[7] Brad Hoover, the company's chief executive officer,[8] is an investor with a background in engineering who learned about Grammarly while searching for an automated proofreading tool for his own writing.[6]
Grammarly, Inc., is headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Kiev, Ukraine.[7][6]
Features
Grammarly carries out more than 250 grammar checks; it proofreads and detects plagiarism in the process and finally provides users with a list of possible errors for correction.[9]
During its text review, Grammarly presents potential errors one at a time, with commonly confused words or faulty sentences highlighted in light red and a text box below offering an explanation that provides good and bad examples and suggests corrections. Grammarly also provides citations when it detects plagiarism.[9] Users can click on a "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" icon to let Grammarly know if the result was helpful.[2]
Other features of Grammarly include:[9][10]
- A grammar checker that can analyze general, business, academic, technical, creative and casual writings.
- A contextual spell checker that determines the appropriate spelling of a word as it is used in a sentence; thus, it finds misspelled words and also identifies correctly spelled yet incorrectly used words.[11]
- Grammarly Plug-in for Microsoft Office, which adds Grammarly to Microsoft Word and Outlook.
Recognitions
In the 2013 Best Online Grammar Checker Comparisons and Reviews, Grammarly won the TopTenReviews Gold Award, with a rating of 8.88.[2][12]
In April 2013, Grammarly was chosen as a finalist in the fifth annual Shorty Industry Awards for Best Overall Brand Presence on Facebook.[13]
See also
References
- ↑ "Grammarly.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Grammarly - Review". TopTenReviews. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ↑ Geeta Padmanabhan (September 21, 2011). "Cool tool". The Hindu (The Hindu Group). Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ↑ Lee Chang-sup (May 1, 2012). "English again in New Year’s resolution?". The Korea Times. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cheryl Conner (October 21, 2012). "I Don't Tolerate Poor Grammar". Forbes (Forbes publishing). pp. 1–2. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Don Tennant. "How Cloud Power Is Improving Written English". IT Business Edge by QuinStreet. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "BBB Business Review - Grammarly, Inc". Better Business Bureau. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ↑ Alison Doyle. "Resume Grammar Errors to Avoid". About.com Guide. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Grammarly - Specifications". TopTenReviews. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ↑ Wanda Richards. "Need Help with Grammar?". TopTenReviews. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ↑ Shirley Kuiper and Dorinda A. Clippinge (2012). Contemporary Business Reports (5th/International ed.). Cengage Learning. pp. 104–105. ISBN 9781133435334. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ↑ "2013 Best Online Grammar Checker Comparisons and Reviews". TopTenReviews. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ↑ "Best Overall Brand Presence on Facebook > Finalists > Grammarly". Shorty Awards. Retrieved May 1, 2013.