Our New Mac App for Apple Mail, Notes, Messages, and More!

LanguageTool’s new Mac app works in several Apple-based programs and Microsoft Word. We explain installation, usage, and advantages of the new version for macOS.

Kindly note that the new LanguageTool Mac App is still in beta version. Unfortunately, this may cause some problems in its use. We are working constantly to improve the versions for various systems. Furthermore, the new app works exclusively on macOS devices (i.e., Apple). A version for Windows might follow in the future—as well as support for other apps and programs within the Mac app.

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Free spelling and grammar checker for macOS also works with Microsoft Word.
LanguageTool isn’t just a spell checker. It can also detect improper grammar and incorrect or missing punctuation. 

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One Click Is All You Need

Every writer knows that it is not uncommon to make the same mistakes over and over again. Especially in punctuation, we happen to use the wrong quotation marks or decide not to go for the best apostrophes. Even if you already use a spell checker, you have to go through all the mistakes one-by-one and click each suggestion manually. Can’t this be done any faster? We’ll show you that LanguageTool can now function like a set of dominoes.

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How to Use LanguageTool Google Workspace Apps (G Suite)

Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube—Google develops many popular applications. We’ll show you how to check texts in Google Workspace with LanguageTool.

While we don’t all use Gmail, or work with cloud-based programs like Docs or Slides daily, the company behind these products is known around the world: Google. In this article, you’ll learn why we love working with the Internet giant’s apps and how you can integrate the handy LanguageTool into them in a few easy steps. This way, you will be able to enjoy the benefits of Google products and the advantages of correct and stylistically flawless language.

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We Love to Speak about News Using New Words

As we face the first weeks of 2022, this is the third year of a global pandemic caused by the coronavirus. Since new situations arise on a nearly daily basis, no wonder that we need to find a way to speak about statistics, rules, and the illness itself. Many new words have originated in English since the international outbreak of COVID-19. We’ll explain the spellings of the medical terminology.

Correct Spellings
  • COVID-19 or Covid-19
  • coronavirus, Delta and Omicron variants
  • BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Johson & Johnson

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Traveling and Spelling are Both Difficult Maneuvers

Just recently, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in Glasgow, Scotland. The whole world skeptically looked onto the governments and organizations which were debating for almost a whole week. As a language blogger, something minor caught my eye: The place of the conference was the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. Obviously, the word centre is spelled with “-re” at the end. But at first, it looked wrong to me, I thought that international names would prefer “-er” in these cases. Let’s have another overview of American spelling patterns, shall we?
Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

The Scottish Exhibition and Conference “Centre.” Photo Credit: Jeff Whyte

British English vs. American English Spelling
✔️ British English BrE example ✔️ American English AmE example
-re centre -er center
-ll- travelling, travelled -l- traveling, traveled
Miscellaneous cosy, doughnut, grey, tyre, aeroplane Miscellaneous cozy, donut, gray, tire, airplane

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