If one needs a spell or grammar check, some tool like Grammarly is a safer bet. Now they’ve started incorporating more LLM features and seem to be heavily advertising “AI” on their front page, but at least so far I’ve been able to just ignore those features.
The core functionality is just a straightforward spell and style check that will do stuff like pointing out redundant words and awkward sentence structures, without imposing too much of its own style. (Though of course any editing help always changes the style a bit, its changes don’t jump out the way LLM changes do.)
It also helps to be on the free version where you are only shown a limited number of “premium suggestions” that seem to change your style more.
I used to love Grammarly, but it got so aggressive about style suggestions I couldn’t deal with it anymore (I looked for a way to disable, either it didn’t exist or you had to pay for it)
Yeah if you literally only want a spell check then the one that’s built-in to your browser should be fine. Some people seem to use “spell check” in a broader meaning that also includes things like “grammar check” though.
Also a lot of spelling errors are near-misses that git existing words. Of course you should use spellcheck to catch any typos that lard on gibberish, though.
If one needs a spell or grammar check, some tool like Grammarly is a safer bet. Now they’ve started incorporating more LLM features and seem to be heavily advertising “AI” on their front page, but at least so far I’ve been able to just ignore those features.
The core functionality is just a straightforward spell and style check that will do stuff like pointing out redundant words and awkward sentence structures, without imposing too much of its own style. (Though of course any editing help always changes the style a bit, its changes don’t jump out the way LLM changes do.)
It also helps to be on the free version where you are only shown a limited number of “premium suggestions” that seem to change your style more.
I used to love Grammarly, but it got so aggressive about style suggestions I couldn’t deal with it anymore (I looked for a way to disable, either it didn’t exist or you had to pay for it)
Yeah it’s gotten aggressive, sometimes it feels like a relief to turn it off and not have to look at yellow lines everywhere.
Yeah if you literally only want a spell check then the one that’s built-in to your browser should be fine. Some people seem to use “spell check” in a broader meaning that also includes things like “grammar check” though.
Also a lot of spelling errors are near-misses that git existing words. Of course you should use spellcheck to catch any typos that lard on gibberish, though.