Grammarly

Grammarly, Inc.

Screenshot of Grammarly.com
Type of business Corporation
Founded July 1, 2009 (2009-07-01)[1]
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
Area served Worldwide
Founder(s) Alex Shevchenko and Max Lytvyn
Key people Brad Hoover (CEO)
Products Grammar checker, Spell checker
Services Proofreading, Plagiarism detection
Slogan(s) "The World's Best Grammar Checker"
Website Grammarly.com
Alexa rank 857 (November 2016)[2]
Registration Optional (required for higher privileges)
Current status Active

Grammarly is an English language writing-enhancement platform developed by Grammarly, Inc., and launched in 2009. Grammarly's proofreading and plagiarism-detection resources[3] check for a writer's adherence to more than 250 grammar rules.[4][5][6]

History

The company was founded in 2009 by Alex Shevchenko and Max Lytvyn.[6][7] Brad Hoover, the company's chief executive officer, is an investor with a background in engineering who learned about Grammarly while searching for an automated proofreading tool for his own writing.[7]

Grammarly, Inc., is headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in Kiev, Ukraine.[7]

Recognition

In the 2013 Best Online Grammar Checker Comparisons and Reviews, Grammarly won the TopTenReviews Gold Award, with a rating of 8.88.[3][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Grammarly.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  2. ↑ "Grammarly.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  3. 1 2 "Grammarly – Review". TopTenReviews. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  4. ↑ Geeta Padmanabhan (September 21, 2011). "Cool tool". The Hindu. The Hindu Group. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  5. ↑ Lee Chang-sup (May 1, 2012). "English again in New Year's resolution?". The Korea Times. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Cheryl Conner (October 21, 2012). "I Don't Tolerate Poor Grammar". Forbes. Forbes publishing. pp. 1–2. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 Don Tennant. "How Cloud Power Is Improving Written English". IT Business Edge by QuinStreet. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  8. ↑ "2013 Best Online Grammar Checker Comparisons and Reviews". TopTenReviews. Retrieved December 24, 2012.

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