English is not my first language, so I must rely on Grammarly to correct my manuscript. Recently, an American college student was on academic probation for using Grammarly in her assigned homework, which caught my attention. AI-generated manuscripts are considered non-acceptable by reputable scientific journals. Should Grammarly-assisted writing be regarded as an AI-generated one? What is the policy of the high-impact journals?
There is no problem to use Grammarly to proofread and check your writing, but you cannot totally depend on it. I recommend two important steps:
1- After writing your article, report or thesis and checking them again and again on Grammarly, you should ask/hire some professional proofreaders or writers to go through your writing.
2- Check your final draft through Turnitin to check your plagiarism and originality of your work. You plagiarism should not be more than 18% because it is the requirement of the standard journals and universities.
I recommend AnswerThis, an AI research tool to facilitate the writing. https://answerthis.io/signup.
Ru-Jeng Teng
You should ask a peer from an Eng Lit gad program to proofread, along with you. Your conversations about your writing will deepen your understanding of medicine. Just arrange some time together at a local restaurant or the Health Sciences library.
Using Grammarly will prevent you from learning the professional communications kills necessary for medicine, unfortunately. You cannot avoid developing those formal writing skills and also expect your medical skills o be recognized.
(I worked as a part-time research assistant at a medical school in Canada for 5 years; my mother worked for a med school curriculum development project. In that context, I've had many conversations about formal writing for medical practice, and the differences between local language and professional language in medical practices around the world).
ALTERNATIVE -
...Hi, my name is Terry and I would be delighted to work as a proofreader...
If grammarly is used in a composition classes it is unacceptable, but other areas of knowledge can use it for sure. As Dr. Amjad put it, there is a need of a better evaluation of the tips given by this platform and what is not available there.
Regards
Vilemar
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