Academic English Polishing

Problem

Academic English drafts often fail not because of isolated grammar errors, but because the register, collocations, and terminology do not match the target journal. Common issues include missing subjects, weak verb collocations, article misuse, repetitive sentence structures, and domain-specific terms being rewritten as generic prose.

How it works

The skill treats polishing as a language-level task for existing English text. Core capabilities:
- Diagnose frequent Chinglish patterns such as subject omission, verb collocation, and article misuse
- Adjust wording, sentence structure, and transitions for a target journal or conference style
- Produce an original → revised → rationale table so authors can learn from each edit
- Check academic writing conventions such as tense consistency, hedging, and citation phrasing
- Leave math formulas and code unchanged, polishing only the surrounding prose

The workflow starts with the submitted text, discipline, and journal context; then it revises grammar, collocations, and sentence variety sentence by sentence; finally it unifies style and returns a polishing report. If the discipline is missing, the journal is unclear, or the text is too short, it asks for context instead of forcing edits.

Boundaries

It does not replace peer review, alter research methods, data, or logical conclusions, or serve as a drafting, Chinese writing, or creative writing tool. For best results, keep each submission under 1500 words and split the paper into sections such as Abstract, Introduction, and Methods.