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Can Grammarly or ProWritingAid Replace a Human Copy Editor? A Guest Post Written by Annie Percik

Updated: Feb 28, 2022


Can Grammarly or ProWritingAid Replace Human Copy Editors? | Manuscript Editing Services UK

Freelance copy editor and proofreader in the UK shares an insight into whether software like Grammarly and ProWritingAid can ever replace a human copy editor!


So, you’re a writer. And you’ve written a novel.


First of all, you should celebrate your achievement and be really proud of yourself, because that’s way further than most people get.


But now, you’re asking yourself, “How do I polish it up, so it’s ready for submission? Sure, I can pay a professional editor a fair chunk of money to go through the manuscript in detail, find all the errors and correct them for me. But why would I do that, when I can just put it through Grammarly or ProWritingAid instead?”