Feature Details for CorrectEnglish™ Products

Writing and word processing just got easier. Built for all writers, from developing to professional, CorrectEnglish enhances your writing by providing the tools and feedback you want and need.

Every edition of CorrectEnglish comes with a variety of features including:

Basic Writing Instruction for English Language Learners and Developing Writers

Created specifically for English language learners and developing writers, CorrectEnglish Basics helps writers learn and make the most out of the writing process. Plus, it provides tips and instruction to help every writer communicate clearly and effectively by focusing on the basics.

Included in every edition of CorrectEnglish, CorrectEnglish Basics provides instruction and tips for:

  • Starting a writing task
  • Organizing ideas
  • Developing paragraphs
  • Communicating in American business styles

Breaking down English writing and composition into easy steps and guidelines, CorrectEnglish Basics helps writers become comfortable with the organization, format, and style expected in English writing and communication.

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Microsoft® Word and Outlook Integration

Don't change your writing comfort zone. CorrectEnglish is always available on your Microsoft® Word and Outlook toolbars, so a comprehensive check of your writing is a simple, convenient option.

  • Click the "CorrectEnglish" button on every Word document or Outlook e-mail to check your document in CorrectEnglish.

  • Make revisions and improve your writing using the tools and feedback in CorrectEnglish, while your original document or e-mail is simultaneously edited in Word or Outlook.

  • Finish writing your document and save or print in CorrectEnglish, or return to Word or Outlook to find your revised document waiting for you.

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CorrectEnglish™ Grammar and Scoring Technology

CorrectEnglish provides access to the best grammar and automated scoring engines available. Previously reserved for educational use, these engines can now help all writers improve their critical writing and revision skills.

The grammar engine in CorrectEnglish catches more errors than its competitors, outperforming many 2 to 1 in numbers and types of errors detected.

  • Checks for grammar, style, and proper word usage for commonly confused words.
  • Identifies over 2,000 types of errors in 82 categories.
  • Offers detailed, error-specific help and replacement suggestions—no more general, dead-end grammar feedback.
  • Provides English grammar instruction in 7 languages and supports American and British English conventions.

The scoring engine in CorrectEnglish is the gold standard for automated writing evaluation, used for years in high-stakes assessment and educational programs. In CorrectEnglish, this same technology has been calibrated to writers' tasks and needs, whether in academic or business settings and for professional or personal use.

  • Provides instant feedback on how well a piece of writing develops and communicates ideas.
  • Indicates what aspects of your writing - content, focus, organization, and style - need more work and development.
  • Aligns tips and feedback to the areas of writing that need the most improvement.

Read more about the scoring engine and its use in education.

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Advanced Word Choice Tools

CorrectEnglish Word Choice Tools help you find the perfect word when you need it and find clear, appropriate replacements where the wrong word may have slipped in.

When you want to search for a better word, or can't think of the exact word you need, the Lexipedia™ reference tools make finding the right word quick and easy.

  • Lexipedia word search helps you make informed word choices by providing synonym clusters and their meaning, as well as examples of proper usage.

  • The Lexipedia Visual Word Web helps you visualize word relationships in a fun, informative web while putting definitions and examples at your fingertips.

  • Lexipedia Bilingual Dictionaries help you link words, glosses, and concepts across languages so you can find the word you mean, or quickly look up words that are unfamiliar.

The CorrectEnglish Word Choice rules:

  • Find places where you are using the wrong word or are using a word that may be difficult for readers to understand.

  • Help you make clearer, more appropriate word choices that fit your context.

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Document Formatting Features and Help

Following even the most complex formatting guidelines is simple in CorrectEnglish. Available at a click of your mouse, CorrectEnglish style tips will help ensure that your papers and manuscripts follow the latest recommendations for four popular publishing styles:

  • American Psychology Association (APA)

  • Chicago Manual of Style

  • Council of Biology Editors (CBE)

  • Modern Language Association (MLA)

Simply select your required style, review quick tips for formatting in that style, and make necessary adjustments.

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Graphic Displays of Errors and Progress

With the CorrectEnglish simple graphic displays, you can easily identify errors and areas that need improvement. Color-coded highlighting and easy-to-read bar charts link instruction to the context of your writing so that you can see - and understand - the revisions that will help your writing excel.

On the Grammar and Style tab:

  • See all of your grammar errors in their original context at a glance.
  • Target the mistakes that are most serious, or that you need the most help with, through customizable, color-coded error highlighting.
  • Hide and show errors in your document by easily toggling rules on and off to focus your edits and effort on the areas that matter most, whether you are writing a casual e-mail or formal report, by quickly customizing your rules and feedback.

On the Writing and Revision tab:

  • Instantly check the quality and strength of your writing, overall and in particular areas of development, in the easy-to-read bar chart.
  • Know at a glance whether your writing is ready for a final draft or needs more work, and see where to focus revisions.
  • Track the effects of changes and revisions on the quality of your writing as you watch your scores improve.

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Fully Customizable Experience

Make CorrectEnglish the best writing tool for you and your writing practices through the variety of customizable options. Best of all, CorrectEnglish Options are easily accessible for quick changes at any time, so your CorrectEnglish experience can evolve with your writing skills.

  • Launch CorrectEnglish right from Microsoft® Word and Outlook to get the best grammar and writing enhancement with everything you write, or discover how simple word processing can be by composing directly in CorrectEnglish.*
  • Get grammar assistance in your native language so you don't have to struggle with cryptic, technical grammar feedback.
  • Focus your revisions on mistakes that matter most by easily turning rules on and off or changing their highlight color for maximum visibility in your documents.
  • Toggle quickly between general quick tips and detailed, drilled-down support when you need more help.
  • Easily transport and share documents written in CorrectEnglish by saving files as Word docs, PDFs, Rich Text, or plain text.
  • Expand your writing horizons and expertise with Add-On Field packages at any time to create a truly custom CorrectEnglish experience.

Making the most of your CorrectEnglish experience starts with choosing the edition that is right for you.

*The integrated and stand-alone capabilities of CorrectEnglish are available in every download. To use them, however, your system must meet certain requirements.

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Cross-Lingual Grammar Feedback

Stop struggling to understand terse, technical grammar feedback that is too general to help you at all. CorrectEnglish lets you choose the language of grammar instruction so you can review, correct, and understand your errors in your native tongue. By bridging this initial language gap and making grammar instruction as friendly and helpful as possible, CorrectEnglish greatly improves your ability to correct and learn from your grammar mistakes.

Feedback is available in:

  • Spanish

  • French

  • German

  • Japanese

  • Korean

  • Traditional Chinese

  • Simplified Chinese

  • English

CorrectEnglish also supports proofing for both American and British English conventions.

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Custom Feedback for Companies and Institutions

Put your unique standards, guidelines, or instruction on every desktop in your organization through CorrectEnglish custom enterprise solutions. Employees will improve their grammar and writing style while being reminded of the proper form, tone, and information that your organization expects, turning every writing experience into a potential training and learning experience. A perpetual quality assurance and training tool, a CorrectEnglish custom solution is the ultimate instrument for productive communications improvement to your exacting standards.

  • Improve every employee's grammar, writing, and communication skills without expensive consultations, courses, or seminars.
  • Reach employees with quality specifications and expectations every time they write.
  • Tailor custom forms for departments and tasks to make standardizing procedures and communications effortless.

Click here for more information about customization.

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