SMS Corrector is an Android app that corrects incoming text messages automatically to improve their readability. It focuses on the SMS jargon (abbreviations for just about every combination of words) and misspelled words. So if the sender typed b4 in his message, this app will show it as “before.” It also corrects the upper case [...]
A lot of what people write can be edited and shortened without losing its meaning. Since succinctness is an important factor in today’s communication, editing text has become a valuable service. Offering text editing online is a web service called Revisery. It is a web service created by MakeUseOf’s very own Erez Zukerman. The service [...]
Apostrophe.me is a simple how to use an apostrophe website that provides a quick online “how to” flowchart for using the apostrophe sign. It asks basic questions like “Is it plural?” or “Is it indicating possession? and gives example situations when you would use an apostrophe. The site is very useful for people who are [...]
ESL Assistant is a new web service by Microsoft Research team to help people correct grammatical errors in their English writing. It is particularly useful for those whose native language isn’t English (ESL – English as Second Language). Just type in or copy paste the text into their box and hit check to find out [...]
If you are learning to read and write a foreign language and not sure if you are writing things correctly then CorrectMyText is a site you can make use of. On this website you may submit your text and get it it corrected by a real person. Text corrections are done by language experts. You [...]
Sometimes we don’t have access to our favorite browsers or word processing applications to do simple things like spell and grammar checks. AfterTheDeadline solves this problem easily. It is a spell and grammar checking site where you can paste the text you are working with and check for spelling errors, grammar mistakes or get style [...]
There are quite many words in English language that are confusing in their usage, so many people make mistakes using them. This site contains a list of common misused English words and phrases like affect/effect, amoral/immoral, adviser/advisor etc. and explains the correct way to use these words along with examples in different sentences. The site [...]