What each part of the prompt does
- Facts locked
- Names, numbers, links and technical terms stay exactly as written. Editing tools sometimes swap a precise term for a more common word that means something else.
- Natural, not just correct
- A sentence can be grammatical and still sound translated. Step 2 targets those phrases, which are what native readers notice first.
- Five lessons, not fifty
- A full list of every edit is hard to learn from. Choosing the five most useful changes, with the rule behind each, turns an edit into a short lesson.
- First-language patterns
- Many errors come from the grammar of the writer's own language, such as missing articles or literal prepositions. Naming the pattern makes it easier to spot yourself.
Variations to try
Same idea, one thing changed.
Edit only, no lesson Improve my English text so it reads naturally to a native speaker, and explain the main changes so I learn from them. Inputs: - My text: [TEXT] - My first language: [FIRST LANGUAGE] - Purpose and reader: [PURPOSE] - Formality: [FORMALITY] Steps: 1. Keep my meaning, facts, names, numbers, links and technical terms exactly. Do not add ideas. 2. Fix grammar, word choice, articles, prepositions and word order. Replace phrases that are correct but sound translated with what a native writer would say. 3. Keep my structure and paragraph order unless a sentence is unclear without moving it. 4. Match the formality level. Do not make a friendly message stiff or a formal one chatty. 5. Skip explanations. 6. If any sentence could mean two things, ask me rather than guessing. Format: - The revised text. - Nothing else after the revised text. Quality check: Confirm that no fact, number or name differs between my text and the revision.
Academic writing Improve my English text so it reads naturally to a native speaker, and explain the main changes so I learn from them. Inputs: - My text: [TEXT] - My first language: [FIRST LANGUAGE] - Purpose and reader: [PURPOSE] - Formality: [FORMALITY] Steps: 1. Keep my meaning, facts, names, numbers, links and technical terms exactly. Do not add ideas. 2. Fix grammar, word choice, articles, prepositions and word order. Replace phrases that are correct but sound translated with what a native writer would say. 3. Keep my structure and paragraph order unless a sentence is unclear without moving it. 4. Use the register of an academic journal: precise, impersonal where the field expects it, hedged claims kept hedged, and no change to citations. 5. Pick the five changes that teach the most. For each, explain the rule or habit in plain words, and note if it is a common pattern for speakers of my first language. 6. If any sentence could mean two things, ask me rather than guessing. Format: - The revised text. - A table of the five key changes: My version, Better version, Why. - One habit to practise next time, in a sentence. Quality check: Confirm that no fact, number or name differs between my text and the revision.
If the result isn't right
- Save the habit line from each run in a note; reviewing it before you write the next email is the fastest way to improve.
- Write [PURPOSE] precisely, as an email to a recruiter needs different vocabulary from a message to a teammate.
- If the revision sounds unlike you, ask for "fewer changes, keep my word choices where they are correct".
- For formal documents, read the revision aloud once; it is the easiest way to catch a changed meaning.