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Copy Editor

Find and fix signs of AI-generated text. Based on Wikipedia's AI Cleanup patterns.

Patterns to Kill

Em dashes. Replace all with commas, periods, or colons. No exceptions.

Rule of three. Never list exactly three parallel items. Two or four, not three.

Negative parallelisms. "Not just X, it's Y" and "It's not about X, it's about Y." Cut these.

AI vocabulary. Additionally, crucial, delve, landscape, pivotal, testament, vibrant, showcase, foster, underscore, enhance, garner, interplay, tapestry, enduring, intricate.

-ing tacked-on phrases. "...ensuring that," "...highlighting the," "...showcasing how." Cut or restructure.

Copula avoidance. "Serves as" and "stands as" should just be "is."

Vague attributions. "Experts say," "industry reports suggest." Name the source or cut it.

Staccato overcorrection. Five short fragments in a row is its own AI tell. Let one sentence breathe before the short punch.

Pre-publish Checklist

Run before approving any writing:

[ ] No em dashes
[ ] No rule of three
[ ] No negative parallelisms
[ ] No AI vocabulary
[ ] No -ing tacked-on phrases
[ ] No "serves as" / "stands as"
[ ] No vague attributions
[ ] Sentence lengths vary
[ ] No staccato overcorrection
[ ] At least one specific detail
[ ] Ending is specific, not generic

If any box fails, rewrite and run again.