Is Grammarly the only (right) choice? Machine English proofreading alternatives.

Is Grammarly the only (right) choice? Machine English proofreading alternatives.

In one of our previous posts, we took a closer look at the most popular tool for machine English proofreading i.e. Grammarly (link). Today we would like to let you know about some alternatives for this software that are used worldwide by many universities. Ginger Ginger as an English proofreading software analyzes misspelled words within the context of an entire sentence and suggests words based on the intended meaning of the sentence. This is different than most spell checkers that

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Tips & tricks for writing your science paper

Tips & tricks for writing your science paper

Are you currently working on your first science paper? Good news! We’ve compiled some tips and tricks to help you with that task. Tips and tricks to improve your article People who are reading journal articles, again, they don’t have a ton of time and they want to get to the meat of what you are researching. And reviewers will say too wordy, too verbose, things like that. I will see often times paragraphs that are one or two sentences

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How to avoid reviewer’s criticism?

How to avoid reviewer’s criticism?

If you are currently working on your first science paper, you might be worried if your paper will get accepted by the review or will you have to make changes. We made this post, so you can avoid getting negative feedback and corrections that you would have to implement later down the line. Reviewer’s criticism – what to focus on to avoid it? The first big thing is plagiarism. Obviously, don’t do it. Make sure you cite or reference even

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How to submit a paper? Complete guide for beginner researchers

How to submit a paper? Complete guide for beginner researchers

How to submit a paper? You might be asking yourself this question if you are a beginner-researcher. Don’t worry. It’s not complicated. In this post we will try and show you, how it works. How to submit a paper? Step one: Make sure you got everything right! Right before you start uploading your files, give the instructions to authors a final look through to make sure that you haven’t missed out any important information. For example, a lot of journals

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Peer review process: What happens after you submit your paper?

Peer review process: What happens after you submit your paper?

The peer review process might be a bit stressful if you want to publish your paper, but we hope you might feel better if you look into it in detail and understand how it all works. At eCORRECTOR we provide proofreading and editing services done by PhD English Native Speakers, who are experienced authors and know a lot about that topic. Let’s take a look then. A couple of things to say right at the start, if you are ever

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Highlights from October webinar

Highlights from October webinar

Last month, on the 26th of October, we had our another webinar entitled: “Top Tips and Common Mistakes in Scientific Writing”. It was a huge success and we were really happy to see such a turnaround – over 100 people subscribed. It was moderated by co-founder and chief editor of eCORRECTOR, dr. hab. Mark J. Hunt, PhD, and our main guest, who conducted the entire lecture, was dr. Jerry Carr-Brion, MRSC, CChem who obtained his PhD in Chemistry from Queen

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New webinar: Scientific Writing – An Unexpected Journey

New webinar: Scientific Writing –  An Unexpected Journey

We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a new science writing webinar on the 30th of November, 5:00 PM GMT+2. This webinar will be held by Keith ό Proinsias, PhD. Keith has been providing editing and proofreading services at eCORRECTOR for over 4 years. He also worked with proofreading companies in Japan and India. He will share with us a story of his unexpected journey to become a proofreader, and how to write better papers in English. He will

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Join our Science Writing Webinar: Top Tips and Common Mistakes in Scientific Writing

Join our Science Writing Webinar: Top Tips and Common Mistakes in Scientific Writing

Free science writing webinar Top Tips and Common Mistakes in Scientific Writing We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a new science writing webinar at the start of the new academic year. This writing webinar will be held by Dr. Jerry Carr-Brion, MRSC, CChem on the 26th of October at 5:00pm GMT+2.  Jerry has been providing editing and proofreading at eCORRECTOR for over 5 years. He will cover various aspects that can help researchers improve their written communication skills. He

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Proofreading software. Is this the perfect solution?

Proofreading software. Is this the perfect solution?

Proofreading software, like every human invention, is designed to make life easier. The development of technology and artificial intelligence has contributed to the creation of many tools that allow non-native speakers to improve the quality of the written language thanks to software that will perform the so-called proofreading, i.e., text correction. Currently, the most popular application of this type (especially for the English language) is Grammarly.   What is Grammarly, or what’s all the fuss about? Grammarly is a tool

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October 2022 newsletter

October 2022 newsletter

Dear Researchers, We hope you’ve had a relaxing break over the summer holiday and that the new academic year has got off to a good start. At eCORRECTOR, to mark the start of the new academic year 2022/2023 we have designed a unique, beautifully designed desktop calendar. The first 30 people who contact us requesting one of our calendars will receive one free of charge! Please include your full name and address when you write. We will even cover the

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