Good software for spell/grammar/thesaurus checking?

Does anyone know a good software for spell check, grammer, and theaurus checking?

grammarly (but you give up the rights to your own content, so...) For spelling, I use in-built spell checkers in modern web browsers that underline possible mistakes. Have never needed anything more.

There are quite a few software programs available in the market today and being used by different types of users. To the best of my knowledge, Whitesmoke, Stylewriter, Scrivener, Storymill, Celtx are the ones used by publication houses such as Sage, Springerlink, and so on. It depends on (a) ease of access, (b) your requirement, and (c) your knowledge of a field.

I use MS Word, believe it or not, but tweak a bit. If you don't mind being frustrated about such things as passive voice, etc. then Grammarly is great:

The power of the program is that it not only corrects textual errors it gives the writer word suggestions and even has a plagiarism tool.

Good luck!

Researchpro

Before the advent of Windows 10, I often used grammarly for my proofreading needs as well.

While the early versions of Word and OpenOffice used to be sufficient for the task, the writing needs of the students and the level of writing intellect that needed to be provided in the papers began to be hindered by these programs that only did checks on basic forms.

These days though, Windows 10 can do more than just make spelling suggestions, it could even go as far as help you construct full sentences and paragraphs on a higher academic level.

I will agree that nothing beats the human eye when it comes to proofreading.

However, nobody said that a second pair of eyes when reviewing the paper won't be of help.

When a fellow human isn't around to do that, then the software bundled into the Word program is the next best thing. It offers a second opinion on word formation, spelling, and thesaurus suggestions as well.

This cuts the review time for the paper into half because the suggestions are done in real time.

The editing is completed as you write. As far as I'm concerned, this is a benefit of the advanced software development that created Windows 10 and Word 2016.

Grammar correction software is an artificial intelligence measure for editing that works only to a certain extent. Nothing will beat a human editor when it comes to spelling and grammar checking. As for thesaurus checking, a dictionary is what one needs because oftentimes, a student will use a term that sounds nice and applicable to the reasoning of the sentence or statement, but turns out to be different in meaning and actual word usage. Rather than using software, this is one time when a student should either use the Writing Center services of their university for proofreading or, actually hiring a professional to proofread the paper. That is the only way that the student can be sure that the editing process of the paper is going to be completed in an accurate manner. Software tends to not recognize certain mistakes in presentation or make incorrect change suggestions to the sentence, paragraph, or punctuation marks. Things an ENL writer will easily spot and correct.

Surely that would depend on the capability of the human checking the text.

MS Word as bundled into Windows 10 offers a pretty decent spell, grammar, and thesaurus checking system. It makes suggestions regarding sentence presentation improvement as well as possible word choices to help the clarity of a presentation. The built in thesaurus also assists students who wish to avoid redundancy in their presentations. While nothing will beat a human editor, an ESL student will be tremendously helped by the system. It will also help them learn how to write better in the English language as it offers choices for various types of English (UK and the USA to name a few). If a student really wants to properly edit his work though, he should consider a human editor or, going to the university writing center to ask for editing assistance or writing tutorials.