English writing
May 9th , 2012
Assistive Technology for Struggling Writers
Miki (Michal) Feldman-Simon, Ginger’s Vice President of U.S. Operations, will be speaking on how struggling writers can leverage on Ginger Software’s assistive technology. Miki brings varied experience in entrepreneurship, education, and organization management to Ginger Software. She started her career … Continue reading
Posted in English writing, Ginger Updates
May 6th , 2012
Savvy Sunday
WHEN TO USE I.E. IN A SENTENCE I.e. is an abbreviation of a latin phrase that carries the meaning of “that is”. It is used to CLARIFY a statement, rather than for LISTING EXAMPLES. I.e. should be used when you … Continue reading
Posted in English Language, English writing
May 3rd , 2012
T.G.I.F. (Truly, Ginger is free)
Here’s one of the more tricky words: kindergar__ (den/dan/ten/ton)? Use Ginger Spell & Grammar Checker to find out which of these sentences is/are correct: 1. The world is a kind of kindergarden, where millions of children are trying to spell … Continue reading
Posted in English Language, English learning, English writing, Spelling
May 2nd , 2012
Word Wednesday
Today’s word is NARCISSISTIC. Narcissistic: (adjective) Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance. I guess everyone of us is narcissistic in our own special ways – though some ways are more annoying than others. It’s alright … Continue reading
Posted in English Language, English writing, Spelling
May 1st , 2012
Jan 18th , 2012
Ginger Proofreader is Going Free!
Hooray, our proofreader, which is the world’s leading grammar and spelling checker, is available for free from now on! More information to follow, we just wanted to give a heads up to the loyal readers of our blog and to … Continue reading
Posted in Archive, English writing, Grammar, Proofreading, Spelling
Dec 7th , 2011
Holiday Special! Black Friday fraud, cranberry takeover, and holiday gifts for the grammatically challenged
For those of you who have celebrated Thanksgiving, we hope it was a delicious and meaningful one. For those of you who haven’t had the chance, we’re going to try and make up for it with this holiday special spelling … Continue reading
Posted in Archive, English writing, Proofreading, Spelling
Nov 29th , 2011
Punctuation is important? Punctuation is important!
When talking about proofreading it’s common to focus mostly on grammar and spelling, and punctuation is often left out of the discussion. But don’t be fooled – punctuation is something one should pay close attention to while proofreading. Why?
Posted in Archive, English writing, Proofreading
Nov 16th , 2011
Bye Bye Auto Correct, Hello Madonna!
What do Madonna and your iPhone have in common? Both check spelling! The question is if both succeed…
Posted in English writing, Proofreading, Spelling
Aug 11th , 2011
What makes a word a word?
One of the challenges of developing a strong spell checker is creating a database of words that are considered correct; or rather the question of how we decide what word is a word?
Posted in Archive, English Language, English learning, English writing