For DU Faculty members –
– Login to your Samarth portal – https://du.samarth.ac.in
– Governance -> IT Service Desk – > Request for Grammarly Account
– In Details, please mention your official DU email (.du.ac.in)
Grammarly is a widely used software tool designed to help users improve their writing skills by providing grammar, punctuation, spelling, and style suggestions. Here are some key features and aspects of Grammarly:
- Grammar and Spelling Checking: Grammarly identifies grammatical errors, including incorrect verb tense, punctuation errors, subject-verb agreement, and more. It also checks spelling mistakes and suggests corrections.
- Writing Style and Clarity: Beyond basic grammar and spelling, Grammarly offers suggestions to improve the clarity, conciseness, and readability of your writing. It helps users avoid wordiness, awkward phrasing, and unclear sentence structures.
- Vocabulary Enhancement: Grammarly suggests synonyms and alternative vocabulary choices to improve the richness and variety of your writing.
- Plagiarism Detection: Grammarly offers a plagiarism checker (available in premium versions) that scans your text against a vast database to ensure it is original and properly cited.
- Browser Extensions and Integrations: Grammarly is available as a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge, allowing users to check their writing on various websites and platforms, including email clients, social media, and content management systems (CMS) like WordPress.
- Desktop Applications: Grammarly also offers desktop applications for Windows and macOS, providing a more comprehensive writing environment with offline functionality.
- Mobile Apps: Grammarly has mobile apps for iOS and Android, enabling users to check and edit their writing on the go.
- User Interface and Experience: The Grammarly interface is user-friendly, with real-time suggestions and explanations for corrections. Users can accept or ignore suggestions, learn from explanations, and customize settings based on their writing style and preferences.
- Premium Features: While Grammarly offers a free version with basic grammar and spelling checks, the premium version provides advanced features such as vocabulary enhancement suggestions, genre-specific writing style checks, and the plagiarism detector.
- Educational and Professional Use: Grammarly is popular among students, professionals, writers, bloggers, and anyone who wants to improve their writing skills and ensure their text is error-free and polished.