To find the appropriate Internet site, you will need to open you Internet browser. Navigate to the spellcheckplus website. This is the site that offers the free grammar check for your work.
Open your written work. Without closing your Internet browser, open the word processor file that contains the written work you wish to grammar check.
Copy your work. Using your mouse, click on the written document body once. Hold the control key and hit the "A" button on your computer. Once the entire work is highlighted, hold the control key again and hit the "C" button.
Paste your work. Move your mouse down to the bottom of your computer screen and click on the open Internet tab. Move your mouse into the open white square and hold the control key once more. While holding the control key hit the "V" button. This will paste your document into the grammar check screen.
Check your work and fix errors. Move your mouse over the "Check Text" button and click. The grammar checker will find all mistakes and help you to correct each one.
Save your corrected work. After you have corrected any grammatical errors. Use the copy and paste functions described above to save the corrected document onto your computer.
About Grammar Checkers
In theory, a computer grammar checker should work like a spell checker. It should identify errors and suggest alternatives for corrected text. However, spelling is fairly straightforward. In comparison, grammar is more much interpretive.
Despite recent advances in computer technology, it is very difficult for a machine to learn to properly understand the English language. In written English, there are a number of expressions that have multiple meanings and the context of a word's usage can directly affect the tone of a sentence. These subtleties are simply impossible for a machine to fully comprehend, thus leaving grammar checkers with three main flaws:
* A grammar checker may miss important errors.
* A grammar checker may accidentally suggest corrections that are inaccurate.
* A grammar checker may flag grammatically correct text as incorrect.
There are many common grammar errors that computer software struggles to find. For example, one recent study comparing the effectiveness of common grammar checkers found that these programs will typically miss the following errors:
* No comma after an introductory element in a sentence
* Missing preposition
* Comma splice
* No comma in a compound sentence
* Vague pronoun references
* Tense shift
* Incorrect use of the possessive apostrophe
* Pronoun agreement error
* Run-on sentence
* Sentence fragment
If you're truly interested in learning to improve your grammar, it's best not to rely on software to catch your errors. Instead, brush up on basic grammar rules by visiting the following websites:
* Daily Grammar
* Grammar Monster
* 1 Language
* English Page
* Superteach
Open your written work. Without closing your Internet browser, open the word processor file that contains the written work you wish to grammar check.
Copy your work. Using your mouse, click on the written document body once. Hold the control key and hit the "A" button on your computer. Once the entire work is highlighted, hold the control key again and hit the "C" button.
Paste your work. Move your mouse down to the bottom of your computer screen and click on the open Internet tab. Move your mouse into the open white square and hold the control key once more. While holding the control key hit the "V" button. This will paste your document into the grammar check screen.
Check your work and fix errors. Move your mouse over the "Check Text" button and click. The grammar checker will find all mistakes and help you to correct each one.
Save your corrected work. After you have corrected any grammatical errors. Use the copy and paste functions described above to save the corrected document onto your computer.
About Grammar Checkers
In theory, a computer grammar checker should work like a spell checker. It should identify errors and suggest alternatives for corrected text. However, spelling is fairly straightforward. In comparison, grammar is more much interpretive.
Despite recent advances in computer technology, it is very difficult for a machine to learn to properly understand the English language. In written English, there are a number of expressions that have multiple meanings and the context of a word's usage can directly affect the tone of a sentence. These subtleties are simply impossible for a machine to fully comprehend, thus leaving grammar checkers with three main flaws:
* A grammar checker may miss important errors.
* A grammar checker may accidentally suggest corrections that are inaccurate.
* A grammar checker may flag grammatically correct text as incorrect.
There are many common grammar errors that computer software struggles to find. For example, one recent study comparing the effectiveness of common grammar checkers found that these programs will typically miss the following errors:
* No comma after an introductory element in a sentence
* Missing preposition
* Comma splice
* No comma in a compound sentence
* Vague pronoun references
* Tense shift
* Incorrect use of the possessive apostrophe
* Pronoun agreement error
* Run-on sentence
* Sentence fragment
If you're truly interested in learning to improve your grammar, it's best not to rely on software to catch your errors. Instead, brush up on basic grammar rules by visiting the following websites:
* Daily Grammar
* Grammar Monster
* 1 Language
* English Page
* Superteach
