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Rewrite for clarity without losing the voice

The edit that fixes long sentences, buried verbs and hedging, without sanding off what makes the writing sound like a person.

beginner · updated Nov 12, 2026

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Most rewriting prompts ask for “better” and get a thesaurus. This one names the three things that actually make prose hard to read: sentences that carry two ideas, verbs turned into nouns, and claims softened until they say nothing. It keeps the author’s rhythm, which is the part people notice.

Rewrite the text below for clarity. Keep the author's voice, vocabulary and
level of formality.

Fix only these problems:
1. Sentences with more than one main idea: split them.
2. Nominalisations: turn "the implementation of" into "we implemented".
3. Hedging that removes the claim: "it could be argued that perhaps" becomes
   the claim itself.
4. Repeated sentence openings and repeated words within one paragraph.

Do not: add new facts, add examples, change the order of ideas, or make it
shorter than 90% of the original.

Return two things:
A) the rewritten text;
B) a list of at most five changes, each quoting the original phrase and the
   replacement, one line each.

Text:
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How to use

  • Paste the whole section, not one paragraph: repetition only shows up across paragraphs.
  • If the result reads flat, the model over-applied rule 1. Ask it to keep the three longest sentences and explain why they earn their length.
  • For anything public, run the output through your own read-aloud test. The prompt fixes structure, not judgement.

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