Features for CorrectEnglish™ products

Writing and word processing just got easier. Built for all writers, professional and developing alike, CorrectEnglish™ enhances your writing experience by providing the tools and feedback you want and need -- every time you use it.

• Basic writing instruction for ELL and developing writers
  
• Fully customizable writing environment
  
• Complete integration with Microsoft® Word and Outlook
  
• Advanced grammar and scoring technology
  
• Word choice assistance
  
• Writing tips and instruction for academic fields
  
• Writing tips and instruction for business fields
  
• Custom feedback for companies and institutions
  
• Document formatting in four popular styles: APA, CBE, MLA, and Chicago Style
  
• Graphic display of errors and document statistics
  
• Multilingual feedback in 7 languages
  

Created specifically for English language learners and developing writers, CorrectEnglish™ Basics covers the elementary aspects of writing, composition, and communications. Included in every edition of CorrectEnglish™, Basics provides instruction and tips for:

• Starting a writing task
• Organizing ideas
• Paragraphing
• Using logic, arguments, and rhetoric
• Communicating cross-culturally and in American business styles

Breaking down English writing and composition to its most fundamental elements, Basics helps unfamiliar writers become comfortable with the structures and styles that are expected in English writing. While CorrectEnglish™ is particularly useful for international or returning students who want to brush up on their writing skills, it is recommended for all individuals who want to improve the core elements of their writing. CorrectEnglish™ Basics is included in every version of CorrectEnglish™ at no additional charge. It is simple to personalize CorrectEnglish™ through a range of options located right on the console so you can control your writing experience.

• Compose in Microsoft® Word, Outlook, or your CorrectEnglish™ fully featured writing console*
• Change the language setting to get grammar feedback and word help in your native language
• Turn grammar rules and rule categories on and off with a click of the mouse
• Disable rules which you do not use, and highlight rules that you need the most by changing their color in your rule settings
• Select the exact task that you are working on to receive relevant help tailored to your individual needs
• Toggle quickly between advanced writing instruction and in-depth explanation and support
• Save your document as a Word document or an Adobe® PDF file in the CorrectEnglish™ writing console for easy transport and transfer
• Set the auto-save function so that the time you spend writing is worry-free - you know CorrectEnglish™ is backing you up

*The integrated and stand-alone properties of CorrectEnglish™ are available in every download. In order to use them, however, your system must meet certain requirements. In addition to appearing in your program menu, CorrectEnglish™ is also available on your Microsoft® Word and Outlook toolbars so a comprehensive check of your writing is always an easy, accessible option.

• Click the "CorrectEnglish" button on every Word document or Outlook e-mail to import and check your document in CorrectEnglish™.
• As you make changes, revisions, and additions, your original document is simultaneously edited in Word or Outlook.
• Finish writing and formatting your document in CorrectEnglish™, or return to Word or Outlook to find your revised document waiting for you.

CorrectEnglish™ offers access to the best grammar and scoring engines on the market. Previously reserved for educational use, these engines are now available to all writers. The grammar engine in CorrectEnglish™ catches more errors than its competitors, outperforming many two-to-one in numbers and types of errors detected.

• Contains more than 2,000 rules in 80 categories
• Identifies errors in grammar, mechanics, and style
• Offers detailed feedback and replacement suggestions
• Make most replacements easily with a double-click of the mouse

In addition, the CorrectEnglish™ grammar engine is continually evolving as it is being evaluated, updated, and improved regularly so you get the most accurate feedback possible. Don't believe your grammar checker needs help? Check this document The scoring engine in CorrectEnglish™ has been used in educational settings for years and has been recalibrated to adult writers' tasks and needs, whether in academic, business, professional writing, or at home.

• Provides instantaneous feedback on how well a piece of writing develops and communicates ideas
• Evaluates writing for four traits: content, focus, organization, and style
• Indicates what aspects of writing need more work and development

Read more about the scoring engine and its use in education Using brand-new linguistic technology, CorrectEnglish™ Word Choice Help identifies vague and overused words so you can make your writing more descriptive and precise. The Word Choice rules:

• Analyze the sentences in which words are used to suggest intelligent replacements that make sense in context.
• Provide definitions and examples for suggestions -- in English and your native language -- so you make an informed, appropriate choice.

When you want to search for a better word, or can't find just the exact word you need, the Lexipedia™ Search makes finding the right word quick and easy.

• Cross-lingual databases provide synonyms with definitions and examples, plus glosses in 7 languages.
• Visual Word Web displays synonyms in a dynamic web of relationships and meanings

Featured in the CorrectEnglish™Academic line Written by professors and writing experts, the CorrectEnglish™ Academic tips and instruction make the complex demands of academic writing simple and straightforward, breaking down genres and forms into clearly defined guidelines and models. Whether a college freshman or a post-doctoral candidate, any academic writer can benefit and learn from revision reminders and detailed instruction displayed next to the writing space. CorrectEnglish™ Academic is divided into fields of study to better target the specific needs and expectations of different forms of writing:

• Sciences: Lab Reports, Journal Reviews, Independent Research Papers
• Social Sciences: Analytical Papers, Critical Reviews, Research Papers
• Humanities: Historical Essays, Literary Criticism, Philosophical Essays
• Standard Academic Forms (included in all CE Academic packages): CVs, Personal Statements, Research Proposals, Grant Applications

The list of available task-specific feedback is always expanding as new instructional modules are developed. Newly added task modules will appear in your product's task list instantly when you launch CorrectEnglish™. Featured in the CorrectEnglish™ Business line The CorrectEnglish™ Business writing and revision tips were developed by writing, communications, and industry experts to pinpoint the features and qualities that define productive, effective business writing, and useful for self-checking work and for departmental quality assurance, the writing instruction and revision tips remind writers of the purpose and goal of good written communications -- to convey ideas, directions, problems and solutions clearly and concisely. CorrectEnglish™ Business is divided into fields of expertise to better target the specific needs and expectations of different business areas:

• Management: Proposals, Reports, Networking Letters and Emails
• Sales and Marketing: Marketing Copy, Sales Letters, Thank you Letters and Emails
• Customer Service: Responses to Queries and Complaints, Thank you Letters and Emails
• Technical Support: Directions & Instructions, Responses to Queries

The list of available task-specific feedback is always expanding as new instructional modules are developed. Newly added task modules will appear in your product's task list instantly when you launch CorrectEnglish™. Plus, organizations can develop custom instructional content that adds their standards, forms, and guidelines to every desktop. Put your standards, guidelines, or instruction on every desktop in your organization by customizing the CorrectEnglish™ product for your company or institution. Employees will improve their grammar and writing style and be reminded of the proper form, tone, and information that your organization expects, turning every writing experience into a training experience. A perpetual quality assurance and training tool, CorrectEnglish™ Custom is the ultimate instrument for productive communications improvement.

• Improve every employee's grammar, writing, and communication skills without 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

Information about customization Following standard formatting guidelines is simple. With just a click of your mouse, CorrectEnglish™ Academic provides help with basic document formatting so your papers look polished and adhere to your required style. CorrectEnglish™ covers basic document and page formatting according to four standard publishing styles:

• American Psychology Association (APA)
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Council of Biology Editors (CBE)
• Modern Language Association (MLA)

Simply select your style, review guidelines for critical format settings, and make necessary adjustments -- all on the Document tab. CorrectEnglish™ offers visual feedback in clear colors and simple graphics so you can see errors and areas that need improvement at a glance. Color-coding, bar charts, and document stats link to task-specific guidelines and tips to further streamline your writing experience.

• Errors are categorized and coded according to their degree of seriousness
• Initial document view indicates the type of error -- basic errors that warrant immediate attention, grammar and usage errors that follow more technical guidelines for correctness, and style choices that depend on what kind of writing you are doing -- so you can quickly make necessary corrections.
• View can be customized by selecting the colors you want to display, highlighting individual rules that cause you trouble with unique colors, or turning off color-coding in favor of red underlining.

A color-coded bar chart displays your writing scores, both overall and in the four domains of writing, and indicates whether and where your writing needs improvement. Simply click on a label in the bar chart to get domain-specific tips for your writing task or type.

• The red zone indicates that serious revision is needed.
• The yellow zone shows that improvement is needed, but the document has reached average quality for the type of writing you are doing.
• The green zone signifies that your writing performance is strong and well developed in that area.

CorrectEnglish™ also provides basic document statistics alongside your writing. Task-specific help tells you what each of these statistics mean and how they matter for the particular writing that you are doing.

• Track the number of words, sentences, and words per sentence you have used
• View your use of the passive voice
• Find out how clear and comprehensible your writing is -- critical for writing that reaches broad audiences

CorrectEnglish™ provides grammar feedback in seven languages so that you can understand and correct your English grammar errors in your native tongue. This truly unique feature makes learning English grammar easy. Rather than struggling to understand confusing error messages from your grammar checker, let CorrectEnglish™ give you detailed explanations of your mistakes in the language you know best. Feedback available in:

• Spanish
• French
• German
• Japanese
• Korean
• Traditional and Simplified Chinese