AmandaCross
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Does anyone else use Grammarly and just... disagree with it constantly? 
I have the Premium version (my mom got it for me as a gift, sweet but also she's basically monitoring my grades lol), and I use it for everything. Discussion posts, essays, even emails to professors.
But lately, it's been making suggestions that are just... wrong? Like, it doesn't understand the tone I'm going for.
Example: I wrote in a discussion post: "The author's argument is interesting, but it kind of ignores the role of race in this situation."
Grammarly flagged "kind of" as "informal" and wanted me to change it to: "The author's argument is interesting; however, it overlooks the role of race."
That's not what I meant! "Overlooks" sounds like an accident. "Ignores" sounds intentional. And "kind of" was me being soft in my critique because I didn't want to attack the author. Grammarly made me sound so aggressive.
I'm thinking of switching to ProWritingAid. Has anyone used both? Is ProWritingAid better at understanding context and tone, or is it more of the same?
I just want a tool that helps me sound like me, not a robot lawyer.
Also, bonus rant: Grammarly's "tone detector" told me my email asking for an extension sounded "slightly frustrated." I wasn't frustrated! I was desperate! There's a difference!
I have the Premium version (my mom got it for me as a gift, sweet but also she's basically monitoring my grades lol), and I use it for everything. Discussion posts, essays, even emails to professors.
But lately, it's been making suggestions that are just... wrong? Like, it doesn't understand the tone I'm going for.
Example: I wrote in a discussion post: "The author's argument is interesting, but it kind of ignores the role of race in this situation."
Grammarly flagged "kind of" as "informal" and wanted me to change it to: "The author's argument is interesting; however, it overlooks the role of race."
That's not what I meant! "Overlooks" sounds like an accident. "Ignores" sounds intentional. And "kind of" was me being soft in my critique because I didn't want to attack the author. Grammarly made me sound so aggressive.
I'm thinking of switching to ProWritingAid. Has anyone used both? Is ProWritingAid better at understanding context and tone, or is it more of the same?
I just want a tool that helps me sound like me, not a robot lawyer.
Also, bonus rant: Grammarly's "tone detector" told me my email asking for an extension sounded "slightly frustrated." I wasn't frustrated! I was desperate! There's a difference!