Can ChatGPT be used for essay editing?
Recently, ChatGPT is very popular, and it also has a good application effect in paper editing, but how to effectively use ChatGPT for paper editing is still a very worthy of discussion.
The author believes that ChatGPT can be used for paper editing, but it needs to be used with caution and careful review. As a language model, ChatGPT can suggest changes to grammar, spelling, and the structure and logic of the paper. However, since the responses generated by ChatGPT are based on patterns and knowledge learned by the model on a large amount of training data, it may have some limitations and inaccuracies.
According to the author's experience of using ChatGPT to assist in essay writing, it is recommended to use it as an auxiliary tool when editing papers, rather than relying on it completely. Paper authors need to carefully review and verify ChatGPT's paper editing suggestions to ensure their accuracy and quality. The best practice is to combine human review and editing for more reliable and professional editing results.
Therefore, ChatGPT can be used as an auxiliary tool for essay polishing, but for essay writing, it is recommended to seek professional guidance and editing to ensure the quality and accuracy of your paper.
Can ChatGPT replace authors for essay writing?
It is not recommended to use ChatGPT directly for essay writing. Although ChatGPT can generate text, it cannot guarantee that the generated content will be academically or professionally accurate, appropriate, and complete. And in the essay writing process, accuracy, reliability and rigor are very important.
ChatGPT paper polishing instructions Prompt
Next, the author summarizes some instructions for using ChatGPT paper polishing, which is different from the methods of some netizens, for reference only!
Simple and crude editing command Prompt
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First list the requirements for editing the paper, then paste the paper in square brackets, and finally ask ChatGPT for feedback and suggestions.
Prompt: Please help me polish my paper. I need to do grammar and spell checks, optimize sentence structure and expression, adjust logic and structure, ensure academic terms and terminology are accurate, check citation and reference formatting, adjust style and tone, add and remove necessary content, check diagrams and diagrams, confirm correct formatting and typography.
[Paste your paper here]
Please provide detailed feedback and suggestions during the editing process to guide your revisions. Thank you!
Below the author uses an English paragraph for testing, as shown in the figure below. Note that ChatGPT will use the corresponding language to polish according to the sample. The author uses Chinese in the task description, the paper paragraphs are in English, the editing results given by ChatGPT are also in English, and the rest of the content will be output in Chinese. Instead of sharing with other netizens must use the target language, after all, ChatGPT has the ability to understand and translate.
The following figure shows the editing results of ChatGPT, including the edited text and suggestions for modifications. The author thinks this editing service is very good and comprehensive.
Specifies the editing instructions for the role
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We can ask ChatGPT to play the role of a professional paper reviewer and give review opinions on the draft paper. You can then revisit the paper based on your opinions.
Prompt: Now play as an expert in the field [your field here, and from a professional point of view, do you think there are any things that need to be changed in the above? Note that do not modify the full text, you need to point out the areas that need to be modified one by one, and give suggestions for changes and recommended changes.
Below the author uses an English paragraph for testing, as shown in the figure below. The author asked ChatGPT, as an expert in the medical field, to point out the changes and suggestions for this text.
The image below is the finishing result of ChatGPT. Unlike the first editing method, this editing result gives suggestions for changes where it needs to be modified. ChatGPT also gives a caveat: these proposed changes are intended to provide professional language and expressions to more accurately describe the content of the study. You still need to review and make decisions based on your specific needs and the context of your paper.
Special request editing instructions
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In addition to the above direct text editing, we can also make specific editing requirements for ChatGPT. For example:
(1) Content weight reduction
Prompt: Please act as an expert in [some] field, deduplication of text. If there are 13 consecutive words in the text, it is considered repeated. You need to achieve the purpose of deduplication of the paper by adjusting the subject-object order to replace synonyms, adding or subtracting words, etc. Please amend the following text: [Text content]
(2) Content expansion
Prompt: Please refer to similar papers in [a certain field], help me add three more subdirectories under the [Research Background and Significance] directory, and write the main content of the three subdirectories.
(3) Provide multi-version editing results
Prompt: Please provide multiple versions for reference.
(4) Optimize grammar syntax
Prompt: [Text content] This text is grammatically incorrect, please modify this text.
Prompt: [Text content] The subject and verb of this text are inconsistent in this sentence, please correct this text.
Prompt: [Text content] This text seems inappropriate, please rephrase it to make it clearer.
Prompt: I used the passive voice in this text, please consider using the active voice instead.
(5) Modification of contents
Prompt: [Text content] Please fine-tune the text.
Prompt: [Text content] Please improve the flow and coherence of the text.
Prompt: [Text content] Please rebuild the content.
The author concludes
After seeing this, the author believes that readers must have a certain understanding of the use of ChatGPT, and the paper editing instructions do not mean that only these instructions can be used. Just like talking to people, as long as you can clearly explain your needs, ChatGPT can understand and give answers.
The instructions given by the author are only to throw bricks and jade, I hope to enlighten you. Don't just limit yourself to the above kinds of paper editing instructions, open your mind, only you can't think of it, no ChatGPT can't do it.
ChatGPT has translation and comprehension skills, and I don't think it's necessary to describe problems in English that we're not good at. Therefore, the author does not recommend some English instructions summarized by netizens, such as:
- "Subtle edits only": Fine-tune text only
- "Minor edits": Make some minor edits
- "Rephrase for clarity": Rephrase to improve clarity
- "Simplify sentence structure": Simplify sentence structure
- "Check grammar and spelling": Check grammar and spelling
- "Enhance flow and coherence": Improve the flow and coherence of text
- "Improve word choice": Improve word choice
- "Revise for style": Adjust the style for the text
- "Significant edits": Make significant edits
- "Restructure content": Rebuilds the content
We should describe our needs directly in Chinese, rather than translating them to ChatGPT.
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For small partners who cannot access ChatGPT in China, you can try the domestic large model as a substitute, which can also be used for paper editing. The author introduced the free large model of domestic manufacturers in a previous tweet, please see for details:
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