Editing
Proofreading, tightening, restructuring and tone changes for any text.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.