Grammarly, the world’s leading automated proofreader, is now available to use in Microsoft Outlook emails on the desktop version of Chrome. The extension makes it easy to catch mistakes right inside Outlook by underlining issues with a red squiggly line and suggesting corrections in real time as you type.
You can also use Grammarly for Outlook to help you improve your writing skills. Each correction Grammarly suggests comes with a helpful explanation so that you can fully understand why it was flagged and how you can avoid making the same mistake again.
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Grammarly Chrome Extension For Outlook
When writing an essay, report, research paper or article, many people use the Word Editor for spellcheck. While the Word Editor now also provides more comprehensive suggestions to point out grammatical mistakes, it isn’t enough. Grammarly has long been one of the best grammar checking tools for English grammar. You can also make use of it online and in Microsoft Office via the Grammarly Chrome extension and Word add-in.
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Getting Started with Grammarly
If you’re new to Grammarly, it is available as an online editor as a web app and Chrome extension, as well as a desktop app for Windows and an Office add-in which works with Microsoft Word and Outlook.
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Grammarly Extension for Chrome
To get started with the Grammarly Extension for Chrome add the extension and login with your Grammarly account from the icon which shows up in the Chrome toolbar.
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You can use the sliders from the Grammarly Extension for Chrome to enable the options you need. The extension can be used for writing suggestions, definitions and synonyms and for checking your English spellings. The extension also provides the option for selecting the type of English grammar you need help with including American, Australian, British and Canadian English. Since there are some grammatical and spellings very different in the various types of versions of English across a number of countries, these five variants should be sufficient for you to get your grammar right in your desired English grammar form.
Did you know? You can also use Grammarly to proofread the content to be used in your presentations. If you are preparing an important business presentation, a lecture or any particular slideshow, you may use Grammarly fix your spelling and grammar easily. This also applies to presentations that are created with our free PowerPoint templates.
The New Document option in the extension can be used for opening the web app version of the grammar checking tool for a more comprehensive overview of the text you intend to check.
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Since many users might be looking to use the Chrome extension for Grammarly in Google Docs, it is worth mentioning here that Google Docs is currently in Beta testing phase for the extension.
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If you frequently require writing blogs using WordPress, the extension can be great for you to correct your spellings and grammar. Furthermore, you can use it on any website, be it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or online forums, blogging platforms and the like.
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During your online writing sessions, you can not only check spellings and grammar but also get guidelines regarding the clarity of your text and its overall tone. As you can see from the link below, the Grammarly Tone Detector gives guidelines regarding how formal, friendly and optimistic your text sounds.
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Outlook and Word Add-in for Grammarly
To use Grammarly in Microsoft Word or Outlook, download and install the Grammarly add-in for Microsoft Office. You can choose to pick one or both of the supported Microsoft Office apps during installation.
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Once installed, log in with your Grammarly account by clicking the add-in via the Ribbon menu from the Grammarly tab in Word.
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Some of the features of this -add-in are limited for premium users such as checking the level of engagement, proper delivery and seeking expert writing help. Grammarly premium users can also check for plagiarism.
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The Adjust Goals option in the add-in allows setting the tone for your audience based on how knowledgeable or formal the audience is. If you want to manage your text according to expert audience with a formal tone, you will require a premium account.
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What Can You Do with Grammarly?
To find out all that Grammarly can do for you, see the developer’s introductory video.
Conclusion
Grammarly is a great tool for helping people with English grammar and spelling check, as well as with plagiarism, writing style and audience engagement. It is undoubtedly the best grammar correction tool out there for English language. We can only hope that the tool is expanded for other languages in the near future. Perhaps Grammarly Spanish, French, German, Mandarin and Arabic would be quite helpful for many people around the world, since these are the most widely spoken languages in the world along with English.
how to use grammarly extension
1. Download Grammarly for Chrome
Download the free Grammarly for Chrome extension in the web store.
2. Sign up for Grammarly
If you don’t have a Grammarly account yet, check out our Grammarly review and sign up.
The extension can check misspelled words and common grammatical errors. Still, we recommend you create a free Grammarly account to enjoy more features by pressing the red “Sign Up” button.
3. Click the Grammarly logo
To get started with editing, press the green Grammarly logo on the lower right side of the text box where you’ll type.
Here’s an example of typing within Facebook.
4. Set goals
After you’ve clicked the logo, a
massive pop-up will appear where you can place the text to check for grammar.
Before editing, you can select “Goals” on the right section of the pop-up.
This activates another pop-up where you can choose objectives based on the text’s intent, audience, style, emotion and domain. Grammarly believes that the more its AI understands the purpose of a text, the better its suggestions.
5. Check grammar and plagiarism
The text can be viewed in the massive text box located on the left side.
The tool is free but it has some limitations for non-premium users. Unlike Grammarly’s premium features, this version only checks for clarity and correctness.
A blue underline indicates suggestions based on clarity like edits for hard-to-read sentences. On the other hand, a red underline indicates misspelled words and minor grammatical errors such as punctuation.
Checking grammar in Google Docs
If you’re using using Grammarly in Google Docs, a pop-up will not appear while you’re editing.
Instead, Grammarly’s editor appears similar to Microsoft Word’s spell checker and grammar checker where misspelled words and suggestions are underlined in red.
Checking grammar (Premium features)
A premium version of Grammarly gives users access to advanced grammar suggestions.
Once you’ve made a mistake on subject-verb agreement, punctuation or vocabulary — the text is underlined in red, blue, green and violet. The color of the underline is associated with suggestions with clarity (blue), correctness (red), engagement (green), and delivery (violet).
What makes the tool stand out from the many grammar checkers available, is the detailed rationale behind its suggestions. In our detailed Grammarly review, we’ve discussed this feature in-depth.
Checking plagiarism (Premium feature)
Selecting “Plagiarism” at the bottom right of the pop-up will activate the Plagiarism tool. This lets you identify plagiarized text and identify their original sources.
It’s a great feature for editors who constantly need to vet submissions from various contributors to their website.
6. Performance check
The “Overall Score” option provides you with an overall performance score for the text that you’ve written.
The score is based on readability, word count and performance.
Give the Grammarly Chrome Extension a try
The free version of Grammarly’s Chrome extension only checks spelling, correctness and clarity. We recommend the premium version to get more relevant and accurate suggestions.
The features we discussed are only a few out of the many perks to purchasing a premium account. At $29.95 per month, the platform is packed with features that are useful for every grammar aficionado, and you can learn more about them from our Grammarly review.
Ready to get started? Simply download Grammarly for free from the Chrome store.
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