As soon as I posted the 5 must-have tools for successful thesis writing, I received questions related to Grammarly. I feel obligated to chew it down for you and make your work easier. Grammarly is a unique application that assists you in fixing your grammar errors. Grammarly is an excellent tool for everyone, including writers of all levels. It doesn't just improve your grammar; it also expands your vocabulary and checks for plagiarism.

Write like a Native English Speaker using Grammarly

Grammarly's business account is the ideal premium account and does not offer for trial or anything. However, students can access a premium account by using the school email to sign up. If you don't have access to a premium account, you can still use the basic account, which is limited to a few checks. 

Some knowledge is crucial to maximize all Grammarly features and achieve your desired result (a manual that Grammarly needs to provide). Once you have the account, simply go to Grammarly and paste or upload your document. Unfortunately, Grammarly does not accept PDF documents, be careful to upload a file in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word, Openoffice, and text files.

Here are your first critical steps in writing like an English native. What you need to do is to tailor-make Grammarly suggestions depending on your goals and audience. This stage has five components which I will explain below. 

First, the domain has six features: academic: which strictly applies all rules and formal writing conventions; business applies almost all rules but allows some informal expressions. General, also called default, uses most rules and protocols with medium strictness. 

Email practically considers all guidelines and email writing requirements. Causal applies most rules but allows stylistic flexibility, while creative allows some intentional bending of rules and conventions. An example of a student writing a thesis would probably select an academic domain. It is important to note that the academic domain has only two options: Type (Essay, report, others) and format (APA, MLA, Chicago, others). 

Once you identify the domain, decide on the intention or, in essence, your objectives. Do you need to inform or describe or convince or tell a story to your end users? Using the previous example of a student, a thesis may intend to inform, while an employee may plan to convince the clients. However, feel free to select the best-suited option for your audience.

Talking of the audience, you need to reflect on the kind of target audience. For instance, a document for the general audience is easy for anyone to read with minimal effort. Knowledgeable such as students require focus to read and understand. Experts, such as specialists in certain professions, may require rereading to understand.

In addition to the audience, Grammarly helps you to choose the nature of formality, i.e., the writing style. Informal allows slang and other more casual usages; neutral; restricts slang but allows standard colloquial(casual) expressions, while formal restricts both slang and colloquialisms.

Besides the steps mentioned herein, Grammarly helps you track your goals by giving one-time feedback. The Grammarly dashboard indicates that all criteria are met. If you have a premium account, you can check the plagiarism level and up your writing game in no time. 

I would like to consider an article about Grammarly pricing and how to purchase a premium account. As always, I leave a disclaimer that I am not promoting any products or brands in this article. In case this article was of any help to you, feel free to make any comments, and share across your networks.