How You Can Improve Your Writing with a Grammar Checker

WhiteSmoke describes its grammar checker as "a tool that edits and improves your writing". In this review, we'll investigate those claims and determine how it scores.

WhiteSmoke's basic product is its General Version which costs $79 and runs on the PC or Mac.

WhiteSmoke is really three things rolled into one software package:

• A spell checker
• A grammar checker
• A writing enhancement tool

WhiteSmoke was developed after studying millions of sentences and phrases, looking for patterns of spelling and grammatical errors, as well as ways to improve a piece of text with the use of adjectives or adverbs. This intelligence was used to develop WhiteSmoke's grammar database, and this is the core of the program.

WhiteSmoke will check your writing either while you're writing or when you've finished. Te program then sends your information to its grammar database where it analyzes it before sending back suggestions. Although this sounds lengthy, in fact, you are not even aware it is happening, because it occurs so quickly.

WhiteSmoke's spellchecker and grammar checker are excellent. The grammar checker looks for dozens of grammatical errors such as missing words, missing periods, mismatched tenses, and even contextual spelling, where you spell a word correctly but it's not the right one for the given situation.

For example, if you wrote "I except this gift", WhiteSmoke would suggest "I accept this gift". This example highlights the sophistication of WhiteSmoke. First, it recognized that "except" was spelled correctly, and then it saw that "except" is never preceded by "I".

Finally, it figured out that you really meant "accept". So somewhere in WhiteSmoke's grammar database, it must have a "sounds like" section which it calls on to resolve situations like this one.

WhiteSmoke's "text enhancement" functionality is where it sets itself apart from other grammar products. "Text enhancement" means that WhiteSmoke will add adjectives or adverbs to your writing to improve it.

Compare "I have an issue" with "I have a significant issue," or "I think I can" versus "I strongly believe I can." In both cases, WhiteSmoke has improved on what was written, resulting in your writing sounding so much better.

If you think about this for a second, you'll realize WhiteSmoke is not just a spell and grammar checker. It's a tool that helps you improve your writing by first eliminating spelling and grammatical mistakes, and then helping you "punch" up your work to make it sound more impressive. The combination of spellchecker, grammar checker, and text enhancement make WhiteSmoke worth looking at if writing is an important part of your work.

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