How to use the Grammar Check
Our Grammar Check Report uses AI to highlight possible grammatical and spelling mistakes.
You can use the Grammar Check Report in our online Web Editor app and ProWritingAid Desktop Everywhere. That’s not forgetting in all our integrations for Google Docs, Microsoft Office, and our browser extensions.
When you are ready to review the grammar of your text, simply click on the Grammar icon in the reports tab. After you run the report, a side menu will list the spelling, grammar, and punctuation issues ProWritingAid has identified in your text.
Select a category from the side menu to expand it. You can then hover over each issue to either go to it and read more information or resolve it.
You can also see grammatical issues highlighted in your text. They are color-coded with blue underlines for grammar and red underlines for spelling. You can hover over each underlined issue to read more information, ignore the suggestion, or even disable a rule.
After hovering over an issue, you may see an “i” icon. You can click on this icon to find out more about the specific rule for the underlined issue.
Spelling Issues
ProWritingAid will underline spelling issues in red. Hover over a red underlined word, and you’ll see a list of suggestions for potential alternative words.
Select the word that suits your writing best to replace the word in your text. If the correct word doesn’t appear, this may be because the misspelling is too different to the correct spelling. You can edit the spelling in the text instead.
Sometimes, ProWritingAid may highlight a word that is spelled correctly because it does not recognize it. This may be because the word is uncommon or it’s a word you made up for your own use, like a character’s name. If this is the case, click “Add to Dictionary” below the suggestions to add the word to your personal ProWritingAid dictionary. This will mean it is no longer flagged as an error.
If you don’t want to add the word to your dictionary but you also don’t need it to show up as an error, you can select “Ignore.” This will ignore the issue in this instance.
Grammar issues
ProWritingAid will underline grammar issues in blue. These issues could relate to sentence composition, missing punctuation, or a misused word.
Hover over the issue to see a succinct explanation of the grammar rule. Below that explanation, you’ll find suggestions on how to fix the issue.
Click on the suggestion to automatically change the text. If the correct suggestion isn’t there, you can edit the issue in the text instead.
What if I don’t like the suggestions?
ProWritingAid will always give you full control over which suggestions you want to implement. You can always choose to ignore a suggestion by clicking “Ignore.”
When you hover over a grammar issue, you can also select “Disable Rule.” This will stop ProWritingAid from checking that grammatical rule in any of your current and future documents.
We’re also learning every day and welcome all feedback to improve our suggestions. If you believe a suggestion is incorrect, click the “Report Incorrect” button next to “Ignore.” A new window will appear titled “Report Incorrect Suggestion.” You can then leave detailed feedback and send it directly to our technical team.
ProWritingAid works wherever you do—in Word, Google Docs, Scrivener, and more. Read more about our integrations.