Formulas for

Check Grammar

Text Processing10 credits/cellSheets · Excel
=VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "modified")

Proofread text by the row. Returns the corrected text and an error count down a column — Google Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 10 credits per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

grammarcheck.xlsxsample data
B2fx=VERVE("grammarcheck", A2, "field", "modified")
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B
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Text
Modified
Corrected
Error Count
2
The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy
TRUE
The pig snorted when I saw it on the barn …
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click any cell to see its formula10 credits / cell

Clean a column of text

Fill =VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "modified") beside messy text and get the normalized, analyzed, or translated version back — data cleaning without leaving the grid.

Analyze at scale

Score or classify a whole column of responses, reviews, or messages in one fill instead of one-by-one.

Compose with other formulas

Nest Check Grammar's output inside your existing SUM, IF, or CONCAT logic like any other cell value.

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "modified")
Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "modified")

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

  • Modified
    =VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "modified")
  • Corrected
    =VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "corrected")
  • Error Count
    =VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "errorCount")
  • CorrectionsPremium
    =VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "corrections")
  • Corrections › Rule
    =VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "corrections.rule")
  • Corrections › Message
    =VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "corrections.message")
  • Corrections › Position
    =VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "corrections.position")
  • Corrections › Suggestions
    =VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "corrections.suggestions")

Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans

Check Grammar, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Check Grammar into Google Sheets?
Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("grammarcheck", "The the pig snorted when I saw it on the barn gate. I was a little mad becuase it woke up my pupppppy", "field", "modified") into any cell. The "field" argument names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.
What data can I pull from Check Grammar?
Check Grammar returns modified, corrected, errorCount, corrections.rule and corrections.message, plus 2 more — name any one of them as the "field" argument and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.
Which Check Grammar fields need a paid plan?
corrections is included from the Starter plan up. On the Free plan the cell returns #PREMIUM(field) rather than a wrong or empty value, so it's always obvious which one to upgrade for. Every other field works on Free.
Can I fill a whole column of Check Grammar at once?
Yes. Put your text values down a column and point the formula at the range — A2:A50 instead of A2 — and one call returns a value for every row. Dragging the formula down works too, but the range form is a single billed call per column rather than one per cell.
How many credits does each Check Grammar cell cost?
Each resolved cell costs 10 credits. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.
Does Check Grammar work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?
Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

Put Check Grammar in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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