Best AI tools for paraphrasing and proofreading

QuillBot rewrites sentences and paragraphs in different styles, checks grammar and spelling, and summarises long text. It is popular with students, teachers and anyone writing in a second language who wants clearer wording.

Best for: rephrasing awkward sentences, checking grammar and spelling, summarising long articles.

Worth knowing: Paraphrasing someone else's work is not the same as citing it; follow your school's or workplace's rules.

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Grammarly checks spelling, grammar and clarity as you write in the browser, email and documents, and suggests changes to tone. Its AI features can also rewrite or draft short passages.

Best for: proofreading emails and documents, adjusting tone, writing in a second language.

Worth knowing: Review suggestions rather than accepting them all; it can flatten your voice.

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ChatGPT is OpenAI's chat assistant. You describe what you need in plain language and it drafts, rewrites, explains or brainstorms with you. It handles a wide spread of everyday jobs: emails, outlines, summaries, study help and quick coding questions.

Best for: drafting and rewriting everyday text, brainstorming ideas and outlines, quick explanations and summaries.

Worth knowing: Check facts and figures it gives you before relying on them, especially for recent events.

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