Author: The Crusader Staff Writers
Did you know that as a student you have access to a paid account for Grammarly? Grammarly will check your grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and even check your citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago.
Erin Jensen, Associate Professor of English, said that she loves Grammarly and uses it for everything she writes. She encourages all of her students to use Grammarly as she said, “Grammarly is a learning tool that provides additional support and suggestions to students on how and where to revise their writing. I appreciate that Grammarly provides suggestions, but it is still up to the writer to decide to use or ignore those suggestions. I also like the new feature of helping with MLA, APA, and Chicago citations.” She also said, “I encourage all students to use their provided Grammarly account.”
We asked some fellow students about how they used Grammarly and this was the response?
“I use Grammarly for everything, I have it downloaded to my browser, so it is implemented in all of my writing. I also use Grammarly to check for plagiarism in my essays to ensure I correctly cite my quotes. It will also suggest ways to reword sentences” -Megan, Data Analytics major
“I like how it finds weak words in your sentence or paragraph and suggests more vital, compelling words to help strengthen your sentences. Grammarly, to me, is like a close friend that wants to help you the entire way and watch you accomplish essays or papers that I didn’t think you could achieve on your own.” -Bella, Marketing major
“Grammarly is a very good tool for checking punctuation and rephrasing sentences etc. However, sometimes with long papers, it can be a little picky about word choice. I often try to use connecting words to make my sentences flow, but Grammarly often tries to make the sentences shorter and always suggests simple and short words. Nevertheless, I still like to use it because it points out many things that my eye does not pick up on. It is nice to have a checker in the background.” -Anna, Criminal Justice major
“I really love using Grammarly. Especially for my research papers as well as my reflection papers. I would type so fast and obviously have some grammatical errors and Grammarly fix everything for me. I would also consider Grammarly the best tool in terms of helping you to have a flowing paper.” Ricky, Computer Science major
“English is not my first language and I need all the help I can get.” – Business major
“I use Grammarly for almost everything I write. I find it very useful for emails and essays. Sometimes it gets a little annoying, and I don’t think all the corrects are accurate, but for somebody like me, it definitely helps spelling-wise. When I’m typing an email really fast, it is easy to turn my Grammarly on and make sure it looks good; when I’m writing essays, I like using it because I can check my formatting and grammar that I might not have noticed.” -Sarah, Education major
This article was originally posted in the Spring 2023, Issue 3 of The Crusader Newspaper. Download the full issue here.
