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1. bluebxrry · 1790157857 · focus · HN ↗

   I loved Grammarly. But it has changed post LLM boom. The underlying concept was awesome as they take grammatical rules from a book of english grammar rules into a linter. Then it let you select the tone and adjusted some for marketing/engagement so it sounds good on Twitter. I have severe dyslexia and struggled with tone.

   Lately, like following ChatGPT 3.5 release era, I had found Grammarly now replacing entire sentences with LLM replacement which are random and inject bias to being near useless. It did this some before. The problem is I can't even tell if it's defensible from a grammatical point when it uses an LLM to do this. At some point Grammarly reached too far in the cookie jar and I no longer trusted that someone who read the Grammar rule book verified any part of the elaborate suggestions.

   I haven't logged in for months. I guess I was no longer learning from it. I need to take a closer look but sys admin outrage from pushy sales people doesn't bode well in my mind.

   1. beej71 · 1790173303 · focus · HN ↗

      I suspect Google did the same thing with docs. The last time I tried it, about 10% of the suggestions were simply incorrect.

      I need to find an old school grammar checker that works on the command line with markdown.

      1. stuxnet79 · 1790176632 · focus · HN ↗

         > I need to find an old school grammar checker that works on the command line with markdown.

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