Showing posts with label grammarly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grammarly. Show all posts

14/02/2016

BAD GRAMMAR = FOREVER ALONE? TIPS FOR LOVE AT FIRST TYPE



Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Is grammar important in our love life? Can bad grammar affects our love relationships? Apparently the answer is: Yes, it is! 





I know you're thinking "here's the usual boring teacher!", but it is not just me, you know. There is evidence . Truth is, Grammarly, the team behind the popular writing app, partnered with the online dating website eHarmony to determine whether the writing skills displayed in people’s online dating profiles affect their chances of finding romance. Grammarly summarized the results, along with other online dating statistics, in an infographic.

18/12/2015

TO SEND OR NOT TO SEND ... THEM A CHRISTMAS CARD?


In the era of everything digital, do we still choose, buy and send personalized Christmas cards to family and friends living far from us? I definitely love them but, honestly, have been using them - especially printed ones - less and less in the latest years, preferring e-cards, which are entertaining, colourful, interactive, sendable in one click and which can be found at a very cheap price or even for free online.  Anyway, if you still are indecisive about what to do,  Grammarly is here, as usual, with funny, helpful tips to help you face and solve your doubts. To send or not to send? And then, what type of cards and to whom?

11/11/2015

NANOWRIMO - NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH: PRECIOUS TIPS

It’s National Novel Writing Month, and that means that writers around the world are working hard to write an entire book during the month of November. Congratulations to everyone who has taken on this challenge—it’s no easy task!
To help you with your masterpiece-in-progress, Grammarly compiled a list of the most frequent writing mistakes they encountered as they edited their 2014 NaNoWriMo project, a crowdsourced novel called Frozen by Fire. When it’s time to proofread and revise your manuscript, make sure to watch out for these common pitfalls.

28/10/2015

WHICH LITERARY MONSTER ARE YOU?

Halloween celebrations are almost upon us and I just want to remind you the Spooktakular Giveaway Hop here at FLY HIGH! You still have a couple of days to enter the contest and win two great spooky reads,  which would make your Halloween just perfect: Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children  and Six of Crows. Don't foget to scroll down below the end of the post for the huge list of blogs taking part in this great hop organized by Kathy at I Am A Reader.

That 's not all I have for you today! What about a literary quiz? To celebrate the spooky season our friends at Grammarly  created  a monster of a quiz!!!

08/09/2015

LET'S CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY


UNESCO celebrated the very first International Literacy Day on September 8, 1966. Since then plight of millions of people around the world has improved through programs dedicated to helping marginalized populations become literate. But there is still a long way to go.
To celebrate International Literacy Day and help raise awareness about the importance of literacy, Grammarly has gathered the latest literacy statistics from around the world into an infographic.
What are you going to do to celebrate International Literacy Day? To get involved, consider donating books or money, or check with your local library for opportunities to volunteer as a literacy coach.
Do you know of any great ways to help the cause?

16/06/2015

ARE YOU A GRAMMAR NERD?


There are millions of grammar enthusiasts in the world. Do you fit the profile compiled by Grammarly? You are one of them, then!