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Are You Smarter Than an English Major? How Grammar Checkers are Perceived by Upper Division English Majors

Roberts, Katie (Utah State University)

Faculty Advisor: Kinkead, Joyce (College of Humanities and Social Sciences, English Department)

The internet has provided students with countless opportunities for success and learning, online grammar checkers and blogs playing a significant role for many in their pursuit of education. Grammar blogs offer tips, tricks, and examples to help people learn grammar, while grammar checker websites, such as Grammarly, use AI technology to automatically review pieces of writing, sometimes offering plagiarism checks and citation suggestions with a paid subscription. While these websites proclaim to make all the difference in students' writing, are English majors finding these helpful? This research seeks to understand what upper-division English majors think of online grammar checkers.