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Grammarly

About grammarly Grammarly's products help people communicate more effectively. As you type, grammarly checks your text for hundreds of common and advanced writing issues. The checks include common grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement, article use, and modifier placement, in addition to contextual spelling mistakes, phonetic spelling mistakes, and irregular verb conjugations. grammarly also provides synonym suggestions to make your writing more readable and precise. With grammarly, you can write online with confidence.


Create a grammarly account to get started

Signup for grammarly: use your YC email and create a new password - don't use your YC account password

Check your YC inbox for instructions once you create your account

You can be assured you have a Premium Grammarly account when you see the "EDU" flag in the upper right corner of the grammarly page after logging in.

Use Grammarly AI Responsibly

AI writing assistance is available in Grammarly. Check your course syllabus for your instructor's AI policy, and use Grammarly as a grammar checking tool for existing written content and don't allow it to reword more than a small portion of your writing - 2 or 3 reworded sentences is all you should need. Use of Grammarly AI may be detected by plagiarism detection tools.

Troubleshooting

Teachers: When placing a grammarly link in Canvas, click the box that says "force to open in a new tab." to avoid a no-access page.

Common Q/A about Grammarly