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QuillBot

QuillBot assists users in improving their writing by providing the tools they need to restructure and rephrase their content in the most effective way. It allows students to rewrite words, rephrase sentences, and restructure paragraphs.

  • Grammar Checker: Simplify Your Writing Workflow, Correct Grammar, Spell Check, Check Punctuation, Correct a Multitude of Grammatical Errors.
  • Paraphraser: QuillBot’s paraphrasing tool helps rewrite and enhance any sentence, paragraph, or article using state-of-the-art.
  • Summarizer: QuillBot’s summarizer can condense articles, papers, or documents down to the key points instantly in two ways: key sentences and paragraph mode.
  • Citation Generator: Easily create full and in-text citations in a snap.
  • Co-writer: The Co-Writer is an all-in-one writing space that combines online research capabilities, note-taking, and AI-assisted autocomplete to give users a seamless writing and research experience.
  • Integrations: QuillBot integrates directly into Google Docs, Chrome Extension, and Microsoft Word.
  • User Guide consists of short and crisp tutorials on QuillBot’s features, security, demo videos, and tools usage.

Grammarly

Grammarly supports streamlined and effective writing. Grammarly for Education works with students to develop essential writing skills and reinforce proper revision habits. They also offer detailed writing enhancements focused on clarity, conciseness, and tone. The software is available as a plug-in for most browsers and word processing software and is free with registration. Grammar Tips, a Writing Blog, and a Plagiarism Checker are also available on the site.


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