With a new addition to Search, Google is taking aim at the likes of Grammarly. The service now incorporates a grammar checker, which can examine the structure of a phrase or sentence and make comments if something appears to be incorrect.
According to a reliable source, typing in phrases like “grammar check,” “check grammar,” or “grammar checker” will activate the service. If you don’t include one of those terms in your question, Search may nevertheless provide grammatical recommendations.
If the tool detects a problem, such as a spelling error, it will rephrase the text and identify what is different. By lingering over the revised phrase or sentence, you’ll be able to effortlessly copy it. If your language is perfect, the program will reward you with a dopamine-inducing green checkmark, but not a gold star.
The gadget is, unsurprisingly, driven by artificial intelligence. It may not always be correct, particularly if you ask it to examine a phrase or fragment rather than a whole statement. You can submit comments if you see something incorrect with a recommendation (or if you want to assist the system recognize that its correction was useful).
For the time being, the tool will only be accessible in English, although it’s worth mentioning that it won’t work if the phrase or sentence violates Search standards. It will not check the grammar for anything harmful, harassing, medical, sexually explicit, or terroristic in nature, or anything involving violence and gore. It may be necessary to seek elsewhere to ensure that a phrase or statement containing profanity or defiled language is also grammatically proper.
Of course, Google has long provided grammar tools in Gmail and Google Drive. Adding one to Search makes a lot of sense, considering that it already has a dictionary tool in its arsenal. You won’t have to launch Google Docs or any other software. You won’t even have to dig out a dusty copy of The Elements of Style.
However, many users only search for keywords on Google and do not compose whole sentences or grammatically proper phrases (for example, “hard boiled egg how long”). The AI will have to make an informed estimate about whether or not someone wants their grammar reviewed. Otherwise, Search may shift the relevant content even further down the page.
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