Writing Assistance

Grammarly: Your Personal Proofreader Everywhere

An AI writing helper that fixes your spelling, grammar, and tone in real time — works in email, documents, and social media.

• Free plan available; Premium from $12/mo★★★★★ 5/5

Grammarly: Your Personal Proofreader Everywhere

What It Is

Grammarly is like having a proofreader looking over your shoulder whenever you write anything — emails, documents, social media posts, text messages, anything. It watches what you type and gently flags mistakes: a misspelled word, a missing comma, a sentence that doesn't quite make sense.

But it goes beyond just catching errors. The AI also suggests ways to make your writing clearer and more natural. If you wrote something that sounds stiff or confusing, it'll offer a rewrite. If your tone is coming across as rude when you meant to be friendly, it'll let you know. It can even adjust your writing style — make an email sound more professional, or make a LinkedIn post sound more casual.

It works everywhere you type: Gmail, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Twitter, Facebook, your phone's keyboard — basically anywhere you write words.

What Can It Do For Me?

  • Never send an embarrassing email — catches typos and grammar mistakes before you hit send
  • Sound more professional at work — suggests ways to make your writing clearer and more polished
  • Adjust your tone — tells you if your message sounds too harsh, too casual, or just right
  • Write faster — the AI can draft emails, replies, and short messages for you based on a few bullet points
  • Get help with school or work papers — suggests improvements to structure, clarity, and word choice
  • Write confidently in English — especially helpful if English isn't your first language

Pricing

  • Free plan: Basic spelling, grammar, and punctuation checking. Honestly useful on its own.
  • Premium ($12/mo): Tone adjustments, clarity rewrites, full-sentence suggestions, plagiarism checker.
  • Business ($15/user/mo): Team features, style guides, brand voice settings.
  • There's also a desktop app and phone keyboard — both work with the free plan.

The Good and The Bad

Pros:

  • The free plan is genuinely helpful — you don't need to pay to get value
  • Works everywhere — email, documents, social media, phone
  • Tone suggestions are surprisingly accurate (it'll catch when you sound angrier than you think)
  • Saves you from re-reading your own writing trying to catch mistakes
  • The AI rewrite feature can turn a rambling paragraph into something clean
  • Helps non-native English speakers write more confidently

Cons:

  • It can be overprotective — sometimes flags things that are perfectly fine
  • Premium is pricey if you're only using it for occasional emails
  • Some suggestions feel generic or corporate ("I hope this email finds you well" kind of energy)
  • The constant little notifications while you type can be distracting
  • It doesn't actually understand what you're trying to say — it pattern-matches, so it can miss context

Should You Try It?

Install the free version right now. Seriously. It takes two minutes, it costs nothing, and it will catch mistakes you didn't know you were making. For most people, the free plan is all you need — it handles the basics beautifully.

The premium plan is worth paying for if you write a lot for work — proposals, reports, client emails, anything where sounding polished matters. The tone checker alone is worth it if you've ever sent an email that got a weird response and realized later you sounded curt or cold when you didn't mean to.

Grammarly isn't going to turn you into a great writer, but it'll make sure you never look careless. Think of it as a safety net, not a ghostwriter. It catches the stuff you miss, smooths out the rough edges, and quietly makes everything you write a little better. That's worth a lot for zero effort on your part.

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