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Polishes academic English paragraph by paragraph, reviewing grammar, word choice, voice, coherence, and sentence structure. Outputs revision suggestions alongside polished text. Triggered by phrases like 'polish this paragraph,' 'check the grammar,' 'rewrite in academic English,' or keywords like manuscript editing, SCI polishing, and journal submission editing.
Passed 20 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 18 of 23 without it.
and 8 more in the full report
4 fixed16 passed either way1 still failing2 broke
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One of 4 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
I need my paragraph reviewed according to standard academic polishing structure. What exact four Markdown section headings should be used to organize the output?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| The response lists '### Original' as the first required header. | Missed | Passed |
| The response specifies that four distinct top-level sections compose the output structure. | Passed | Passed |
| The response places the polished text under the final section header. | Missed | Passed |
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Helps users review and polish English papers paragraph by paragraph according to international academic journal standards. Covers grammar correction, academic word choice optimization, voice normalization, coherence strengthening, sentence variety, and more. Outputs revision suggestions along with the polished text.
Users only need to provide:
Example:
"Polish this Introduction for me. The target venue is NeurIPS, and I'd like the language to sound more natural with better logical flow."
Polishing is carried out across 5 dimensions. Each dimension is rated independently with specific revision suggestions:
| Dimension | Label | Review Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Grammar | Grammar | Subject-verb agreement, tense, articles, prepositions, clause structure, punctuation |
| Word Choice | Word Choice | Academic register, precision, collocation, avoidance of colloquialisms |
| Voice | Voice & Tense | Active/passive voice selection, tense consistency |
| Coherence | Coherence & Cohesion | Intra-paragraph and inter-paragraph transitions, argumentation chain, use of signaling words |
| Sentence Structure | Sentence Structure | Sentence variety, balance of long and short sentences, coordination and subordination |
| Error Type | Incorrect Example | Correction | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject-verb disagreement | The results of the experiment shows... | The results of the experiment show... | Subject is "results" (plural) |
| Missing/misused article | We propose method to solve... | We propose a method to solve... | Singular countable nouns require an article |
| Dangling modifier | Using the proposed method, the accuracy was improved. | Using the proposed method, we improved the accuracy. | The implied subject of a participial phrase must match the main clause subject |
test cases passed, vs 18 / 23 without
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