AI Grammar Checker for English Class

Literary present tense is the convention in which verbs describing events in a literary text are written in present tense, even though the events are fictional or happened in the past. The convention reflects the idea that a text exists in an eternal present, every time a reader opens the book, the events happen again. English teachers require literary present tense because it is a discipline-specific convention of literary analysis writing.

There is no vocabulary check setting, but the checklist asks you to replace vague words, and with Improve with AI on, an AI can suggest more precise literary analysis terminology. Common substitutions: talks about becomes discusses or addresses, shows becomes demonstrates or illustrates, says becomes argues, states, or contends depending on context.

Yes. The five comma rules most relevant to English class writing are: (1) comma after an introductory clause or phrase, (2) comma before a coordinating conjunction joining two independent clauses, (3) comma with non-restrictive relative clauses, (4) comma after a transitional expression at the start of a sentence, and (5) no comma between a restrictive relative clause and its antecedent.

Creative fiction has different grammar conventions from analytical essays. There is no creative writing setting, so read the checklist with that in mind; with Improve with AI on, an AI can look at dialogue punctuation, a common source of errors in student creative writing, and you tell unintentional errors from stylistic choices.

Semicolons are used in English class essays for two purposes: to join two closely related independent clauses, and to separate items in a list where the items themselves contain commas. The AI Grammar Checker for English class identifies correct and incorrect semicolon usage and flags the most common error: using a semicolon before a subordinating conjunction where a comma is correct.