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Before we jump into the content for today,
I wanna know if you've got a preferred
free online grammar checker.
If so, drop it right on down in the comments.
I'd love to hear from you.
And if you would like to know what my recommendations
are based on your needs, make sure that you stick around
to the end of this video.
It wasn't too long ago that I posted a review
of the online grammar checking known as Grammarly.
And boy I did not expect for it to take off like it did.
So I thought that we'd return back to it today
and focus primarily on one of the items
that they have in there,
which is the free online grammar checker.
But who exactly is Grammarly intended for?
People saving time.
If you are a busy online entrepreneur,
then chances are very likely you need to find out
ways that you can optimize your workflow.
Grammarly is one of those things
that I and others use.
Let me just put it to you point blank,
I am a touch typer.
I try to type as quickly as possible
and I don't bother to slow down
and hit the backspace or delete
just to make sure that all of my text is perfect.
And one of the worst things to do
is to go back and have to edit line by line by line
when all I need to do is just clean up
for some typos and grammatical errors.
This can work really well in things like social media.
From Facebook to YouTube to Twitter.
Or even on things like this YouTube channel.
Clarify your communication.
Every now and then I find myself at a loss for words.
Sometimes I wanna say one way,
and then it comes out another.
So Grammarly is able to clean that up
and clarify exactly what I'm shooting for.
And I don't need to get too over wordy.
I don't need to get too basic.
It really helps me dial that in.
If English is a second language.
If English is your second language,
then chances are likely Grammarly is going to help
you really dial in exactly what you wanna say
without sounding really stilted or a little bit off key.
Dyslexia.
This one I was not aware of until I had
actually launched the Grammarly review video
not too long ago.
A few people had commented that they use Grammarly
because they have dyslexia,
which means that they're having
some words in the wrong place
or some of the spellings are completely off kilter.
So Grammarly is able to kind of help them
dial in exactly what they wanna say.
And not feel ashamed for what they have in dyslexia.
But what exactly comes with the free version of Grammarly?
Obviously it has its limitations,
but you're in luck if you really
don't wanna spend any money.
The free version of Grammarly really is not all that bad.
The Chrome browser extension.
Much like I'd mentioned before,
Grammarly actually works on various social media platforms.
I most often use it through email,
through Facebook, through Twitter, and so on.
Grammarly for Microsoft Office.
This is PC only so those of you that are Mac users,
they have yet to address this issue.
I'm not gonna revisit this one.
Quite simply, Grammarly you need to really pony up
the expenses and figure out a way
that you can address how you can get Grammarly support
on things like Key Note or Microsoft Office on Mac.
But the plug in is actually pretty nice.
I'm really happy with it.
My only reservation when it comes to the plug in
for Microsoft Office is that if you end up
making a change through Grammarly itself,
what ends up happening is you can't undo that change.
So you can't just hit the control Z
and expect for it to undo.
It will not do it.
It goes away permanently.
So be very careful when using
the plug in with Microsoft Office.
Online account and cloud storage.
If you are looking for easy ways to store
some of your manuscripts or even just simple emails
and communication then Grammarly's free version is for you.
You can literally just upload it,
check it on their website,
and download the manuscript for yourself
and publish it where you need to
or use it however you want.
The desktop app.
Admittedly I had the desktop app
but it isn't too often that I utilize it.
It quite frankly if it's on the desktop,
then chances are likely I can just go ahead
and jump online and get over into Grammarly.com itself
and utilize it there.
So I really don't have an opinion
one way or another of their desktop app.
I definitely would love to hear if you've utilized it before
and what your experience has been so far.
The Grammarly mobile app.
Oh my goodness.
I did not realize this was an option available.
And I had actually found this out through Twitter
because Grammarly hit me back and was like,
hey, we actually do have a mobile app.
So I installed it on my iPhone.
And it didn't last more than a day before I deleted it.
Unfortunately it just seems real clunky
and it stopped me up quite a bit.
And it's auto correct function is just,
it leaves something to be desired.
It's not what I've come to expect in Grammarly's services.
Now, I'm not knocking Grammarly for this.
I just feel like I'm slowed down by the process.
And I'm already happy with the auto correct function
that I have in my iPhone.
Of course, with it being free,
yes there are limitations.
But there are a few features
that you can come to anticipate.
Critical grammar and spelling checks.
I think this is a given.
Everybody kind of knows this one.
They're gonna go through and fix up those typos.
And if you just have small sentence errors,
it'll clean that up.
Get performance stats via email.
You can have this turned on or off
when it comes to notifications,
but essentially, as you are using Grammarly,
it's going to collect some of the data
and it's going to share with you
how you're doing compared to other people
that are utilizing the app.
I've used this little feature for a little while.
But after a bit, as some of you are aware,
emails tend to kind of get backed up
inside my email inbox so I have to be
super selective with what I'm receiving.
And so, sadly I opted out of the email notifications.
But that's it, it's really no frills.
It's free.
It's free for a reason.
You know, and you're gonna get some great features.
And you can't beat free.
So why exactly would you need premium features?
Hear me out.
I understand this is all about
talking about the best free online grammar checker.
But we need to at least visit premium
because there's so many people that go,
why do I wanna spend X amount of dollars
to get the premium feature when I have this free one?
Of course I don't need to tell you that,
you already have the same features
that you have inside the free model.
That's, that's just a given.
They also have advanced checks for punctuation,
grammar, context, and sentence structure,
vocabulary enhancement suggestions,
genre-specific writing style checks,
plagiarism detector, which is,
this is a huge one for me and it actually saved my tail.
I'll put a link to the video where I discuss
how it did in the description down below.
But this plagiarism detector checks more than
16 billion web pages.
And how the subscription model works
is you can either do it annually,
quarterly, or monthly.
Obviously you're gonna get the biggest price break,
and this is one I always shoot for,
in the annual model.
If you want to test it out, go for the monthly model.
Just remember that you're gonna want to
hit the unsubscribe feature before the month is over
so that way you aren't billed month in and month out.
But is Grammarly Premium necessary?
This is gonna be largely dependent on your goals.
I know that for me I would rather just
pony up the expenses for the annual membership
so that way I get all of the features that I need to
and not get stopped up by small problems
and typos and mistakes that they otherwise say,
hey, there's a problem, but you need to upgrade.
Just tell me what I have done wrong
so I can get it fixed and I can move on with my life.
I'd recommend, at the very least,
if you haven't tried the Grammarly free model,
try that first before you do the upgrade
to the premium model because you have nothing to lose
and you can at least see exactly
what you're don't wrong and how you can fix it
with the free model.
And furthermore, they'll tell you
there is gonna be some mistakes,
they just won't unveil those mistakes to you
through the free model.
Last but not least, this is something that I get
a lot of people saying, is Grammarly safe?
So get out your tinfoil hats.
Let's go ahead and talk conspiracy theories here.
A lot of people believe that well,
if you give Grammarly permission
to do posts on your behalf,
and this is something that's gonna pop up
when you're using the Chrome browser extension,
then are they going to start snapping pictures of you?
Will they start using your camera?
Will they start posting on your behalf?
Well, folks, calm down.
Take off your tinfoil hat for just a minute
and hear me out because I'm a bit of an optimist
when it comes down to something like this.
They're asking permission to make posts
on your behalf because here's the deal,
your first allowing them to see what you are doing
and typing in real time.
The next thing is, they're gonna offer suggestions
on how you can fix those things in real time.
And then once you agree to those things
that are gonna be fixed, they do that on your behalf,
in real time.
So with all that being said,
that's why they ask for permissions
to post on your behalf.
Furthermore, what they're also doing
is they're gonna be tracking your performance history.
Much like I mentioned before,
something that's available to you
is the email notifications to let you know
how your performance is based on other people
that are using the Grammarly app as well.
Now again, I'm not really big into
that specific option anymore.
I don't care how mine fares against other people.
But it's kind of a nice little feather in your cap
when you first start using Grammarly's app.
But is Grammarly safe?
Yes.
If you are the type of person that really needs
to get a lot of your workflow optimized
and things going at a rapid pace,
then Grammarly is definitely safe.
And it is for you.
If you're ready to go ahead
and get your hands on the free access to Grammarly,
of course you can head on over to
my affiliate link at SelfPublishingWithDale.com/Grammarly.
Once you you get access there,
you're probably wondering, how do I use the Grammarly app
to really get the most out of all the features?
I actually have a full video called the Grammarly Tutorial
that you wanna check out over here.
And I'll see you on over in that video right now.
To install the free internet browser extension,
simply log into your Grammarly account
and select the apps option on the left side panel.
Click the install hyperlink.