The name After the Deadline is inspired by the NY Times after Deadline blog, and the
service is suppose to benefit everyone, who needs to create well-written text
documents online, with no text editing software available. Besides the Web
interface, the developers offer additional plugins and bookmarklets for various
platforms. The list of these plugins can be reviewed on the developer
downloading page: http://www.afterthedeadline.com/download.slp
Main Features
Checks Spelling
After the Deadline's spell checker recommends the correct
word 9/10 times. It looks at submitted context and uses artificial intelligence
to make smart recommendations.
Detects Misused Words
A common error is writing one word when you mean another.
Most spell checkers assume any word in their dictionary is correct regardless
of context. This means all misused word errors go unnoticed. The online
database includes 1,500 commonly misused words. It checks automatically each
use of these words for a better fitting word. If such a word is found, the
misused word is marked as misspelled and the correct alternative word spelling
is promptly suggested. Note that no other web based writing improvement
solution has this feature.
Checks Style
After the Deadline helps you write clearly and concisely. The
style checker has thousands of rules and uses context to choose the best
suggestions. The rules come from a style known as Plain English.
The style checker allows to:
- Find complex phrases and suggests simple ones.
- Locate passive voice.
- Root out hidden verbs (also called abstract nouns, nominalizations).
- Search for redundant phrases and suggests what to eliminate.
- Find cliches and bias-language.
Checks Grammar
The grammar checker in After the Deadline protects you from
common writing errors. It has a database of rules that look at entire phrases
and parts-of-speech to find errors. After the Deadline uses statistics to
automatically find exceptions to its grammar rules, making it one of the
smartest grammar checkers around.
The grammar checker allows finding:
- Confused words (a/an, it/it's, there/their, to/too, you/you're, etc.).
- Repeated Words.
- Auxiliary Verb Agreement Errors.
- Determiner Agreement Errors.
- Wrong Verb in Infinitive Phrases.
Explains Errors
After the Deadline will make you a better writer as you use
it. The misused word detector, grammar checker, and style checker explain the
mistakes and suggestions to you. You can click an error and choose the
"Explain ..." option.
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