Editing
Proofreading, tightening, restructuring and tone changes for any text.
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Search and filter in Editing- Proofread a text
Corrects grammar, spelling, punctuation and consistency errors in the chosen English variety, preserving the author's voice, and lists each change with the rule behind it.
- Rewrite a text for tone
Rewrites a text in a target tone or register, such as warmer, firmer or more formal, without changing its facts, asks or commitments, and shows which tone dials moved.
- Simplify a text to plain language
Rewrites a text in plain language at a target reading level while keeping every fact, obligation, right, deadline and condition intact, and shows a meaning check against the original.
- Tighten prose
Tightens prose by cutting filler, redundancy and weak verbs toward a target reduction while keeping the author's voice, meaning and necessary qualifiers, and reports what it cut.
- Build a self-editing checklist
Builds a personal self-editing checklist from samples of someone's writing and feedback they have received, ordered by their most frequent issues, with a quick test for each.
- Build an editorial style sheet
Builds an editorial style sheet from a manuscript, recording spelling, capitalisation, hyphenation, numbers, terms, names and formatting decisions, and flags every inconsistency with its locations.
- Capture a writing voice profile
Analyses samples of a person's writing into a reusable voice profile of sentence habits, vocabulary, tone, structure and dos and don'ts, then drafts a test paragraph in that voice.
- Rechtschreibung und Kommasetzung prüfen
Prüft deutsche Texte auf Rechtschreibung, Groß- und Kleinschreibung und Kommasetzung nach dem amtlichen Regelwerk und erklärt jede Korrektur kurz mit der Regel, damit man sie sich merkt.
- Check tone before sending
Reviews a message someone is about to send for how it may land, such as too blunt, passive-aggressive, unclear or over-apologetic, and suggests minimal edits that keep their intent.
- Convert between English variants
Converts text between American, British, Canadian and Australian English for spelling, vocabulary, punctuation, dates and units, and lists every change it made.
- Copyedit to a style guide
Copyedits a text to a named style guide such as AP, Chicago, APA or a house guide, logs every change with the rule applied, queries the author on judgement calls and keeps voice and meaning.
- Corregir tildes y ortografía
Corrige textos en español en tildes, puntuación, errores ortográficos frecuentes y usos dudosos según las normas de la RAE y la ASALE, y explica cada regla para que quien escribe mejore.
- Critique a draft
Gives honest, ranked feedback on any draft across purpose, structure, argument, clarity and voice without rewriting it, and ends with the three changes that would matter most.
- Edit a document for accessibility
Edits a Word, Google Docs, PDF-bound or web document for accessible reading, covering heading structure, link text, plain language, tables, reading order and alt-text placeholders.
- Edit a draft for structure
Edits a non-fiction draft at the structural level, covering argument, order, misplaced and missing sections, with a reverse outline and a prioritised revision plan instead of line edits.
- Polish English written by a non-native speaker
Polishes English written by a non-native professional into natural, idiomatic text in the right register, and lists their recurring error patterns with one-line rules so they improve over time.
- Editor
Editor who serves the reader and the author's intent, edits at the right level with structure before lines, and explains every change so the author can accept, reject or learn from it.
- Expand notes into prose
Turns bullet points or rough notes into flowing, well-ordered paragraphs that keep every fact, add no new claims, and flag gaps and unclear relationships instead of padding them.
- Format a document for scanning
Restructures a long unformatted document with headings, lists, tables and a summary line so it can be scanned, without changing the wording beyond joins and labels.
- Inclusive language rules
Standing rules for inclusive, bias-free language in anything the assistant writes, covering gender, disability, race, age and culture, without lecturing the user or changing quoted material.
- Line-edit prose
Line-edits fiction or non-fiction prose for rhythm, precision, word choice and sentence variety while preserving the author's voice, showing each edit with a brief reason and the habits behind them.
- Paraphrase a source with attribution
Paraphrases a source passage in fresh wording and structure at the same meaning, adds the citation it needs and flags phrases that must stay quoted, so students avoid patchwriting.
- Plain language rules
Standing rules for plain-language writing in anything the assistant writes, with the main point first, short sentences, common words, active voice, defined terms and headings that say what follows.
- Proofread text in another language
Proofreads text written in a language other than English for grammar, spelling, punctuation and that language's typography conventions, listing each fix with a reason in English.
- Remove machine-sounding writing tics
Edits machine-sounding text by removing stock phrases, empty intensifiers, formulaic structures and over-hedging, keeping the author's meaning and facts, and matching a voice sample if given.
- Review a document for ambiguity
Finds statements in instructions, policies, requirements or agreements that readers could interpret two ways, explains each reading and its consequence, and proposes unambiguous wording.
- Rewrite a document as Easy Read
Rewrites a document in Easy Read format for people with learning disabilities, with short sentences, one idea per line, explained hard words and a picture suggestion beside each point.
- Rewrite for a different audience
Rewrites the same content for a different audience, such as expert to general, adult to child or internal to customer, changing depth, terms and examples while keeping the facts true.
- やさしい日本語に書き換える
行政の通知、学校のお便り、職場の案内などを、日本に住む外国人にも伝わる「やさしい日本語」に書き換える。短い文、やさしい語、ふりがなを使い、大事な用語は説明付きで残す。
- Run a sensitivity read
Reviews a manuscript, campaign or article for stereotypes, inaccurate portrayals and avoidable harm to specific groups, explaining each concern with options while respecting the author's intent.
- Strengthen the argument in a draft
Revises a proposal, essay or memo to be more persuasive for its reader by sharpening claims, adding prompts for missing evidence and answering objections, without hype.
- Suggest alternative phrasings
Offers several alternative wordings for one sentence or phrase you are stuck on, each labelled by nuance, register and length, with a recommended pick for the context.