Updated: 23 October 2026

Proofread without changing your voice

This prompt fixes only spelling, grammar and punctuation, plus any sentence that is truly confusing. It does not change your tone or word choice, or make the text sound more formal or AI-like.

text-proofread-keep-voice — chatgpt — 56 words

Proofread the text below. Fix only spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes, plus any sentence that is genuinely confusing.

Do NOT change my tone, word choice, or style, and do not make it sound more formal or AI-like. Return the corrected text, then a short list of every change you made and why.

Text:
[PASTE YOUR TEXT]

Edit in the builder Copy & open ChatGPT ↗Copy & open Gemini ↗Copy & open Claude ↗

Review the change list — it teaches you your most common mistakes.

Get a better result

What you will get

Your text with only spelling, grammar, punctuation and genuinely confusing sentences fixed, your tone left alone, followed by a list of every change and the reason for it.

Common mistake

The result is smoother but no longer sounds like you.

Fix: Compare it with your original line by line, then reply “undo every change that is not a clear error and keep my phrasing”.

Also watch for

British and American spelling get mixed. Say which you use: “UK spelling” or “US spelling”. Without it, the AI picks one for you.
Names, brand terms or slang are “corrected”. Add “leave names, brand spellings and slang exactly as written”. Tools treat unusual words as mistakes.

Try a variation: learn from it

After you read the change list, add “what are the three mistakes I make most, with one rule for each?”. The list becomes a short lesson.

Still not right? Reply with this

Undo any change that is not a clear error. Keep my wording, my slang and my sentence lengths, and list only what you changed.