Should I use Grammarly?

Below is a transcript of the video.

So today, a student asked me “Should I use Grammarly to improve my grammar?”

My answer: it depends. 

Two reasons.

First - it depends on what you mean by “improving your grammar”! 

Grammarly can save you from howlers, like your own private proofreader. 

But if you want to improve your knowledge of grammar, you wouldn't want to rely on it. 

You’d want to deliberately take note of its suggestions, learn from them and apply them in future writing work. 

Reason two it depends. I use Grammarly to catch typos, but I also often ignore its suggestions. 

As a copywriter, I often break the formal “rules” of grammar for deliberate effect - and Grammarly annoys me when it tells me I can't!

So go ahead and use Grammarly, but be deliberate and conscious in your usage.

For more writing advice, enrol in my online course, Writing With Confidence, available at the Doris and Bertie Writing School.

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