How Learning Grammar Can Save You Money

Two issues that students care deeply about are freedom and money.  They want to be independent and they want to buy more stuff.  One issue that’s usually low on their priority list is proofreading.  Here’s a little way to use the first two issues to make the third issue more of a priority.

I came across a website the other day called Gramlee, which charges money to proofread documents.  They’ll proofread anything, for about 5 cents a word.  You can send them an email, a research paper, whatever, and their proofreaders will correct it and get it back to you.  Gottabewrite is another similar service.

You can use these websites to talk to your students about independence and money.  If students learn how to write well, they should have no need to pay anyone to proofread their writing.  In fact, if they learn to write well enough, they can get people to pay them to proofread.  Writing well puts them in the driver’s seat, rather than being stuck in the back getting car sick.

Paying people to proofread your papers is like paying someone cook your food: it’s a luxury most people can’t afford.  And even if you can afford it, you still have to depend on someone else.  What if the cook gets sick?  What if he or she poisons the pot roast?

No, thank you, I’d rather do it myself.