Grammarly and browser versions

[gunhilltrain]

I have this question in the tech support forum, but I'm also including it in AH.

I had an old Dell computer that had both Firefox and Chrome - I added Chrome later. I had Grammarly on Firefox and continued to use that version, about the only thing I continued to do in that browser. About three years ago, I added Grammarly to Chrome too, and tried a handful of documents as experiments.

Now that I have a new computer with only Chrome, I can only see the experimental files. I assume I would have to add Firefox if I wanted to see the stuff I had been working on more recently? In other words, are Grammarly versions tied to a particular browser?

 

[MillieDynamite]

If you buy Grammarly, you can use it globally on the computer. You don't need a plug-in for the browsers. I use the download app for Word, but use it on all the browsers I use, for chat, email, or whatever.

 

[Rambling_Chantrix]

Won't using AI tools make it hard to submit to Literotica?

 

[TheWritingGroup]

Won't using AI tools make it hard to submit to Literotica?

Apparently it depends on how you use it. Several people have posted that they just use it to flag grammar errors, and then fix them (if they decide to) without reading Grammarly's suggestions.

I never touch the stuff, myself.

--Annie

 

[gunhilltrain]

If you buy Grammarly, you can use it globally on the computer. You don't need a plug-in for the browsers. I use the download app for Word, but use it on all the browsers I use, for chat, email, or whatever.

I had the free version, which may be different? Also, it's a different computer.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Won't using AI tools make it hard to submit to Literotica?

I don't know anything about AI tools.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Apparently it depends on how you use it. Several people have posted that they just use it to flag grammar errors, and then fix them (if they decide to) without reading Grammarly's suggestions.

I never touch the stuff, myself.

--Annie

I've used it mostly to flag grammar errors. I might use a few other suggestions if they seem worth it.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

Apparently it depends on how you use it. Several people have posted that they just use it to flag grammar errors, and then fix them (if they decide to) without reading Grammarly's suggestions.

I never touch the stuff, myself.

--Annie

This is how I use it. You need to be careful not to accept every suggestion it makes. Some of them are wrong and I tell them so.

FYI: it's gotten better since I started doing that ...

Edited to add: To be fair, most of the errors I find with Grammarly are due to it trying to make sense out of the horribly mangled sentences I am prone to write ...

 

[StillStunned]

Whatever happened to just knowing grammar? Wasn't it drilled into us at school, so we could communicate in English? Was I the only one paying attention in that class?

Sorry, pet peeve.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Whatever happened to just knowing grammar? Wasn't it drilled into us at school, so we could communicate in English? Was I the only one paying attention in that class?

Sorry, pet peeve.

I proofread carefully at least twice, but some of us need more than that. I've never been that good at comma placement. Also, misspellings and other problems creep in. One of the moderators at another site recommended it, and it's not perfect, but I like it anyway.

This was my school in that era. Mrs. Brower was my fifth-grade teacher.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/85802416392/

 

[Rambling_Chantrix]

I don't know anything about AI tools.

Oh! Grammarly is one such. I don't know how much context would be useful to you, since I'm not sure how literal "I don't know anything" was intended to be, but if you let an AI tool like grammarly modify your prose rather than doing it yourself, well, there's a whole mess of implications and opinions that come into play but the most salient thing is that you might have difficulty getting your stories published here, as Literotica has some manner of anti-AI policy for submissions.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Oh! Grammarly is one such. I don't know how much context would be useful to you, since I'm not sure how literal "I don't know anything" was intended to be, but if you let an AI tool like grammarly modify your prose rather than doing it yourself, well, there's a whole mess of implications and opinions that come into play but the most salient thing is that you might have difficulty getting your stories published here, as Literotica has some manner of anti-AI policy for submissions.

I think you can use Grammarly Classic and avoid the AI feature. AI prose sounds like it was created by an android (not the phone kind).

 

[MillieDynamite]

Yes, the free version doesn't have all the bells and whistles. However, I've never used the free version, so I don't have a clue.

I had the free version, which may be different? Also, it's a different computer.

 

[Lumiere_Amie]

Now that I have a new computer with only Chrome, I can only see the experimental files. I assume I would have to add Firefox if I wanted to see the stuff I had been working on more recently? In other words, are Grammarly versions tied to a particular browser?

You need the Grammarly extension for Chrome. You can find it at grammarly.com/browser/chrome.

Like you, I also rarely use the suggestions it makes other than punctuation and spelling. If I do like a suggestion, I will rewrite it in my own words. I've never had an AI rejection since I started using it, but I also hard-code some HTML in my stories, then paste them into the submission box.

 

[gunhilltrain]

You need the Grammarly extension for Chrome. You can find it at grammarly.com/browser/chrome.

Like you, I also rarely use the suggestions it makes other than punctuation and spelling. If I do like a suggestion, I will rewrite it in my own words. I've never had an AI rejection since I started using it, but I also hard-code some HTML in my stories, then paste them into the submission box.

I think I need the Grammarly extension to Firebox, which was added after Chrome on the old computer. I think on the new computer, Firebox was synced to the existing Chrome account.

 

[Dearelliot]

One of my problems (among many) is making typing mistakes. I know how to spell, but apparently, my fingers don't. When proofreading, I can't believe all the mistakes I've made.

 

[LegendInMyOwnMind]

I type one-finger style with my left hand, and I only recently learned to do that. I previously used a mouse and Microsoft's On-Screen keyboard. I was born right-handed but lost the use of my right side due to a stroke. So I make a lot of typos, including punctuation errors. I need the best tools I can get. I recently purchased Grammarly Pro and used it in my last story. I use it to find as many spelling and punctuation errors as possible. I fix unintentional grammar errors, mainly tense mix-ups in complex sentences. My last story was approved faster than others, which got nothing other than fixing the mistakes OpenOffice could spot with non-AI spell checkers. Sylistic recommendations are ignored, as are some punctuation and grammar errors.