Proofreading your work

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 Purpose

Generative AI tools can assist in your editing, proofreading and grammar check process by identifying potential errors, suggesting alternative phrasing, and providing feedback on sentence structure and clarity.

 Acknowledge

Please check and follow your local guidelines about whether this use of generative AI is permitted. If it is permitted and if you use this prompt in the process of creating work for assessment, you may need to acknowledge the use of AI. 

 Prompt

Note: The following prompts were tested with Microsoft Copilot for Web, but they are suitable for most language based generative AI tools. 

Copy and paste a paragraph or sentence you have written and ask the AI to made modifications of grammar or rephrase certain sentences for clarity of expression. Ask questions like:

Can you identify any spelling or punctuation mistakes in this document?

Are there any areas where the sentence structure needs improvement? Explain why these are important.

Make sure you modify the prompt below to suit your unit and concepts you'd like to review.

 Explanation

This prompt engages AI in a task (assisting with proofreading and grammar checking). This can help to improve the overall quality and accuracy of your written work. After self-editing your work, you can use AI to proofread for any remaining errors, typos and make modifications of grammar.

You may want to improve these prompts by instructing AI that you are writing at a university level, and by indicating which subject. Doing this will provide the model with more information to apply the requisite standards for university-level and potentially subject-specific tones. 

 Examples

The example conversations below demonstrate how AI can help you proofread and review your writing for grammar errors or suggest improvements in sentence structure. 

Remember to view the end output and ensure it makes sense in the context of your work. Re-wording and additional re-phrasing may be necessary to properly embed the paragraph edited by AI into your own work.