With so many free English grammar checkers available online, it can be a bit confusing to decide which one is best for your writing needs. This article compares the features and functionality of two free** English grammar checkers: Wordvice AI and Ginger.
Wordvice AI is a special auxiliary tool optimized for academic English writing, is a product developed by Wordvice, a professional English editing and editing service company with a global scale, covering grammar checking, error correction, proofreading, rewriting and polishing, ** translation and other functions, for all advanced functions, users do need to pay for a premium subscription to use, but in fact, some basic functions are completely free and open to customers, users can use as long as they register as a member.
Ginger is a full-featured English writing aid that was launched in 2008, and it also covers features such as English grammar checks, and is also designed with a free version and a paid premium version of the plan for users to choose from.
With this article, you'll find out which tool is right for you.
Comparison of user interface and functional features.
Comparison of error correction functions.
Support for human editing services.
The most obvious difference between Wordvice AI and Ginger is their user interface and features.
Both Wordvice AI and Ginger's user interfaces have text editing boxes, but the layouts are slightly different. Users can type or copy and paste the text they want to proofread in the text edit box.
Wordvice AI's features are designed to be simple, with menu bar options at the top of the page and sidebar displaying content at a glance, so users can clearly see the entire text field. All of Wordvice AI's features are in a single web page, allowing users to easily switch between them according to their needs: AI Proofreading, AI Paraphrasing, AI Summarizing, AI Translate, and AI Plagiarism Checker , which can also be connected to a human English editing service.
Ginger doesn't provide a title bar, but it's at the top right of the text box for the user to select the type of English (American English or British English). It displays ** links and some links to related content around the text box, making the user interface look a bit crowded and cluttered.
Both Wordvice AI and Ginger provide feedback boxes that show you how to correct mistakes in your English writing.
Wordvice AI displays all feedback boxes on the right side of the page. The user can open the feedback box by clicking on the feedback box or by clicking on the underlined error in the text. Each feedback box not only shows how to correct the error, but also provides a brief description of the type of error.
Ginger does not display feedback boxes separately. Users can hover over underlined errors to see suggested changes. Unlike Wordvice, Gginger's feedback box doesn't provide explanations, but simply shows corrections. One significant difference between Wordvice AI and Ginger is that Wordvice AI prompts the user to "accept" or "ignore" the suggested changes, while Ginger prompts the user to make changes on their behalf, and if they don't agree, they can click "Undo" to undo the changes.
Users of Wordvice AI can upload text in two ways: directly into a text box and directly into a document. If you use proofreading, you can upload an MS Word file, and the tool will automatically migrate the contents of the file into a text box and identify any errors, just as if you were entering text directly into the text box.
After making changes using English proofreading software, users usually want to save the changes. Wordvice AI automatically saves the changes in the user's account. Users can recover old files by finding the "My Documents" folder. Wordvice AI also allows users to save their modifications in an MS Word format file by clicking on the arrow at the bottom right of the text edit box. Ginger doesn't offer these saving features.
Both Wordvice AI and Ginger support plug-ins for Microsoft Office and Chrome, as well as Windows and Mac. These add-ons allow users to get real-time English correction when writing emails or social ** posts on their browsers. In addition, Ginger has developed a mobile app called Ginger Writer for the iOS operating system of Apple phones and the Android operating system of other mobile phones, as well as a Ginger Keyboard app for Android. Wordvice AI has not launched add-on features so far. However, as it is constantly updated, add-ons may soon appear as new features.
Another useful feature of Wordvice AI is the ability to convert spoken English into text. Users can enable the feature by clicking the microphone icon at the top right of the text edit box. Ginger or most other grammar checking software doesn't offer speech-to-text functionality. This feature is useful for non-native English speakers, as it makes it easy to check the accuracy of spoken English.
Types of English include American English and British English. The two types of English are largely the same, but differ slightly in spelling and punctuation usage. Ginger allows users to select the type of English. Wordvice AI uses American English and is not currently available in British English. With Wordvice AI actively upgrading and improving, it is expected that a British English option will be added in the near future.
The most important consideration when choosing grammar checking software is accurate error correction capabilities.
Spelling mistakes are arguably the most basic mistakes that grammar checkers are able to detect. To see how Wordvice AI and Ginger correct spelling mistakes, test the following example sentences with both software:
“to help author correct misspelledworrdspunctuation errors, and other writing issues, use this handy tool that it gives you the power to improve your vocabularies while fixing the basic writing issues.”The misspelling here is "worrds".
As you can see in the image above, Wordvice AI correctly modifies "Worrds" to "Words".
Ginger also corrects spelling mistakes, but it mistakenly changes "worrds" to "word" and loses the plural. This is problematic because, while "word" is spelled correctly, the loss of the plural introduces a new error.
To compare how Wordvice AI and Ginger handle article errors, test the following example sentences with both software:
“this proofreading tool works for all kinds ofthe documents: academic **s, emails, work reports, resumes, and any other documents with which writers tend to make mistakes.”The first clause of the sentence is misworded, i.e. "the documents" should be "documents". The definite article "the" is redundant.
Wordvice AI corrected the issue correctly.
On the contrary, Ginger didn't find the error.
Both Wordvice AI and Ginger performed well in detecting errors with subject-verb inconsistencies. Take the following sentence as an example:
“our ai proofreading toolidentifycommon errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.”"identify" in the sentence should be "identifies" because "ai proofreading tool" is a singular noun. As you can see in the figure below, both Wordvice AI and Ginger were able to successfully correct this error.
It is not easy to use the tense correctly, especially for academic writing, as different tenses are often used for each part of the tense.
“while you’re preparing your work for submission, why notbe usingan automatic free app that s**es you time and helps you write like a professional writer?As you can see in the image below, Wordvice AI correctly changed "be using" to "use", but Ginger didn't detect this error.
An uninterrupted sentence is made up of two independent clauses, but the two clauses are not properly separated from each other. This is a misnomer, as shown below:
“many authors make mistakes with theirwriting itcan be difficult for them to identify the issues with their own writing.”The clauses "many authors make mistakes with their writing" and "it can be difficult for them to identify issues with their own writing" should be separated by commas and conjunctions, or semicolons, or periods.
Wordvice AI correctly separates this non-breaking sentence into two separate sentences.
However, Ginger failed to detect the error.
There are many words in English that are similar in pronunciation and sometimes even in spelling. For example, two words that are often confused are "effect" and "affect". The example sentences are as follows:
“a limited vocabulary can negativelyeffectyour writing.”The verb "effect" in a sentence means to cause something to happen. The correct word in this sentence would be "affect", which means "right..."to make an impact". Both Wordvice AI and Ginger are able to correct this error.
*Proofreading tools can not only correct basic grammatical mistakes, but also help writers avoid stylistic problems, such as wording. A verbose sentence is one that uses a lot of unnecessary words. To compare how Wordvice AI and Ginger correct wording problems, test the following example sentences with both software:
“for all intents and purposes, the reason his writing was poor wasdue to the fact thathe did not write sufficiently often.”Wordvice AI changed "due to the fact that" to "because" to effectively reduce the number of words used in sentences.
However, Ginger failed to detect the problem of the phrase being wordy.
While free** grammar checkers are useful for drafting manuscripts, users may still want to get help from professional language editors to make more comprehensive revisions to their manuscripts after editing with AI tools. At the bottom of Wordvice AI's user interface, next to the "ProofRead Now" button, there's a link option to "Get Expert Proofreading Service." By clicking on this link, users can submit their manuscripts to expert academic editors with many years of editing experience in the professional field involved for editing and revision.