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Post by Pallavaraj Padayachi »

I wanted to check if the sentences are right?
1. I get bored while reading the economic section in a newspaper. - Do I need to replace the 'in a newspaper' with 'of a newspaper'.
I believe both are correct in their own context.

2. but he has a credits section at the end of many of his chapters, along with a chapter dedicated to his recommendation of books from other authors. - Is it 'recommendation of books' or 'recommendations of books'.

Thank you in advance for the time and help.
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Post by Becky BEHRENS »

I think "in" is fine.
It would be "recommendation of books" if it is one recommendation listing several books. It would be "recommendations of books" if it is several separate recommendations (a separate one for each book).
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Post by Becky BEHRENS »

I've been trying to use various grammar checkers, and I've been dismayed at the results. So I decided to test several of the free ones to find which ones are best. I am sharing my results with you; I hope it helps.
I used the following sentence to test them:

Im righting, these sentence with alot of mis-takes so I can; discover witch grammer-checkers work right and witch ones dont so, I will no witch one is best, to use when I right re-views and when I make notes of errors in books that I read?

AI Writer:

I am writing these sentences with a lot of mistakes so I can discover which grammar checkers work correctly and which ones don't. This way, I will know which one is best to use when I write reviews and make notes of errors in books that I read.


Scribens:

mis-takes
grammer-checkers
dont


Zoho:

alot
mis-takes
grammer-checkers


Proofreader Grammar Checker:

Im
sentence
alot
mis-takes
witch
grammer-checkers
witch
don't
no


Grammerly:

I'm writing these sentences with a lot of mistakes so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. I will know which one is best to use when I write reviews and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.
Explanation

1.
'righting' should be 'writing.' 2.
'alot' should be 'a lot.' 3.
'witch' should be 'which.' 4.
'grammer-checkers' should be 'grammar checkers.' 5.
'work right' should be 'work correctly.' 6.
'witch' should be 'which.' 7.
'no' should be 'know.'


Grammar.com:

Im
alot
mis-takes
so
witch
grammer-checkers
witch
dont
no


Linguix:

Im
righting,
sentence
alot
mis-takes so
dont
no


Language Tool:

Im
alot
mis-takes
so
witch
grammer-checkers
witch
dont
no

Duplichecker:

No errors found.


Editpad:

Im
alot
mis-takes
so
witch
grammer-checkers
witch
don't
no


EasyBib:

I am correcting these sentences which have many errors. so I can; discover witch grammer-checkers work right and witch ones dont so, I will no witch one is best, to use when I right re-views and when I make notes of errors in books that I read?
so - so,
witch - which
(7 more I would have to pay for the upgrade to see)


Trinka:

alot
dont


wordcount:

I am writing these sentences with a lot of mistakes so I can discover which grammar checkers work correctly and which ones don't. This way, I will know which one is best to use when I write reviews and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.


Rewrite:

I'm writing this sentence with a lot of mistakes so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. This way, I will know which one is best to use when I write reviews and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.


Fixy:

I'm writing these sentences with a lot of mistakes so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. So, I will know which one is best to use when I write reviews and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.

Errors:
1. "righting" should be "writing"
2. "alot" should be "a lot"
3. "witch" should be "which"
4. "grammer-checkers" should be "grammar checkers"
5. "no" should be "know"
6. "right" should be "write"
7. "re-views" should be "reviews"


QuillBot:

Im righting these sentences with a lot of mistakes, so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. I will no longer know which one is best to use when I right-review and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.


GrammarCheck:

I'm sentences with a lot of mis-takes, so I can discover which grammar-checkers work right and which ones don't. I will. witch one is best, to use when I which re-views and when I make notes of errors in books that I read?


ProWritingAid: (These were marked as possible errors.)

Im
alot
grammer
dont
right


Scribbr:

Im righting these sentences with a lot of mistakes, so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. I will no longer know which one is best to use when I right-review and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.


Reverso:

I'm righting these sentences with a lot of mistakes, so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. I will no longer know which one is best to use when I right-review and when I make notes of errors in
books that I read.



Ginger:
I'm righting, these sentences with a lot of mis-takes so I can; discover witch grammar-checkers work right and which ones don't so, I will no witch one is best, to use when I write re-views and when I make notes of errors in books that I read?
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Post by Diana Lowery »

Becky BEHRENS wrote: 19 Apr 2024, 16:05 I've been trying to use various grammar checkers, and I've been dismayed at the results. So I decided to test several of the free ones to find which ones are best. I am sharing my results with you; I hope it helps.
I used the following sentence to test them:

Im righting, these sentence with alot of mis-takes so I can; discover witch grammer-checkers work right and witch ones dont so, I will no witch one is best, to use when I right re-views and when I make notes of errors in books that I read?

AI Writer:

I am writing these sentences with a lot of mistakes so I can discover which grammar checkers work correctly and which ones don't. This way, I will know which one is best to use when I write reviews and make notes of errors in books that I read.


Scribens:

mis-takes
grammer-checkers
dont


Zoho:

alot
mis-takes
grammer-checkers


Proofreader Grammar Checker:

Im
sentence
alot
mis-takes
witch
grammer-checkers
witch
don't
no


Grammerly:

I'm writing these sentences with a lot of mistakes so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. I will know which one is best to use when I write reviews and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.
Explanation

1.
'righting' should be 'writing.' 2.
'alot' should be 'a lot.' 3.
'witch' should be 'which.' 4.
'grammer-checkers' should be 'grammar checkers.' 5.
'work right' should be 'work correctly.' 6.
'witch' should be 'which.' 7.
'no' should be 'know.'


Grammar.com:

Im
alot
mis-takes
so
witch
grammer-checkers
witch
dont
no


Linguix:

Im
righting,
sentence
alot
mis-takes so
dont
no


Language Tool:

Im
alot
mis-takes
so
witch
grammer-checkers
witch
dont
no

Duplichecker:

No errors found.


Editpad:

Im
alot
mis-takes
so
witch
grammer-checkers
witch
don't
no


EasyBib:

I am correcting these sentences which have many errors. so I can; discover witch grammer-checkers work right and witch ones dont so, I will no witch one is best, to use when I right re-views and when I make notes of errors in books that I read?
so - so,
witch - which
(7 more I would have to pay for the upgrade to see)


Trinka:

alot
dont


wordcount:

I am writing these sentences with a lot of mistakes so I can discover which grammar checkers work correctly and which ones don't. This way, I will know which one is best to use when I write reviews and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.


Rewrite:

I'm writing this sentence with a lot of mistakes so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. This way, I will know which one is best to use when I write reviews and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.


Fixy:

I'm writing these sentences with a lot of mistakes so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. So, I will know which one is best to use when I write reviews and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.

Errors:
1. "righting" should be "writing"
2. "alot" should be "a lot"
3. "witch" should be "which"
4. "grammer-checkers" should be "grammar checkers"
5. "no" should be "know"
6. "right" should be "write"
7. "re-views" should be "reviews"


QuillBot:

Im righting these sentences with a lot of mistakes, so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. I will no longer know which one is best to use when I right-review and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.


GrammarCheck:

I'm sentences with a lot of mis-takes, so I can discover which grammar-checkers work right and which ones don't. I will. witch one is best, to use when I which re-views and when I make notes of errors in books that I read?


ProWritingAid: (These were marked as possible errors.)

Im
alot
grammer
dont
right


Scribbr:

Im righting these sentences with a lot of mistakes, so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. I will no longer know which one is best to use when I right-review and when I make notes of errors in books that I read.


Reverso:

I'm righting these sentences with a lot of mistakes, so I can discover which grammar checkers work right and which ones don't. I will no longer know which one is best to use when I right-review and when I make notes of errors in
books that I read.



Ginger:
I'm righting, these sentences with a lot of mis-takes so I can; discover witch grammar-checkers work right and which ones don't so, I will no witch one is best, to use when I write re-views and when I make notes of errors in books that I read?
Whoa! Such a variety of answers! Impressive Research!
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Post by Becky BEHRENS »

Thank you. It's a bit scary.
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Post by Claudia Angelucci »

Oh yes! Diana is right; that's impressive research. Well done, Becky! And thank you!
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