Experiments
Here, in playful experiments, we test the strengths and weaknesses of each featured grammar- and style-checking tool. Can we trick, surprise, or confuse a tool? What will happen if we feed that machine a slightly unexpected text (i.e. one that does not entirely match the patterns that the tool has been taught to recognize)?
Microsoft Word & its grammar checker (MSGC) proofreads...
Grammarly checks for mistakes in…
Ginger proofreads, paraphrases and translates...
Helen Sword’s book on academic writing:
see separately our experiments with Ginger 1. proofreading, 2. paraphrasing and 3. translating the text
Stephen Turner’s quirky academic article:
1. an experiment with proofreading, and 2. with paraphrasing
Faulty sentences with common punctuation mistakes (proofreading only)