Grammarian Ltd review – “Good grammar CAN make you a living”

Starting off correcting “your” and “you’re” and moving up to collective nouns can actually get you a luxurious sky condo – at least, according to the premise of Grammarian Ltd. As far as edutainment is concerned, I’ve honestly never had this much fun – but will correcting other people’s grammar be as satisfying for you as it was for me?

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GRAMMARIAN LTD STORY

In Grammarian Ltd, you live in a world where improper use of proper nouns can actually get you thrown in jail. In the year 2099, bad grammar is illegal, and even though you’re simply a humble theoretical mathematics graduate, you somehow end up as a grammar validator thanks to a clerical error.

With your career on the line and your college degree out the window, you now have to correct everything from company memos to personal letters, all while trying not to get busted by your suspicious coworker. You definitely can’t afford to get fired, not when your apartment is a mess.

WHAT’S THE APPEAL?

Of course, there’s only really one gameplay loop here – wake up, commute (or power walk, if you’re broke) to work, get the grammar validation done, go home, buy stuff if you wish, and go to sleep. It’s a pretty basic cycle, and it can get tedious if you’re not really aiming for a bump in your pay or an upgrade to your condo. You might also feel frustrated at the grammar tasks if you’re not particularly feeling it during the day.

The advantage of this kind of loop, in my opinion, is that you can just boot up the game, get one day done (or have your fill of satisfying grammar corrections), and log off. It’s a bite-sized method of learning or polishing your own grammar in a totally non-boring way, and I honestly wish there were more gamified learning experiences like this.

Grammarian Ltd offers a totally fun way for players to learn grammar without actually realising they’re learning grammar. It might feel a little too close to home at times, especially if you’re already clocking in at a regular nine-to-five on a daily basis, but the humorous narrative keeps things spicy. If there were an actual job like this IRL, I’d sign up in a heartbeat.