Why Should I Use Human Editing for ESL?

At Editly, we are obsessed with how to change AI content to human content to unlock the full benefits of AI for our clients. In this series, “AI Text to Human Text,” Editly editors guide you through a humanizing process that you can use to make any AI text into human text.

Steps to Humanize an AI Text

We have created a more comprehensive 5-step guide to humanizing any AI text, How to Change AI Text to Human Text in 5 Simple Steps. For this series, however, we have simplified it so that you can begin to learn how to humanize AI text in just 3 steps. To begin, let’s look at an AI text on the topic at hand: “Why should I use human editing as an ESL student?”.

AI Text on the Benefits of Human Editing for ESL Students

As an ESL student, utilizing human editing services can be invaluable for honing your English language skills and improving the quality of your written communication. While automated grammar checkers and language tools can provide some assistance, they often lack the nuanced understanding and contextual awareness that human editors possess. Human editors, especially those who are native speakers or have extensive experience with the language, can offer personalized feedback tailored to your specific language proficiency level and writing goals.

One of the primary benefits of human editing is its ability to address not only surface-level errors but also deeper issues related to clarity, coherence, and cultural appropriateness. By working with a human editor, you can receive guidance on grammar, punctuation, and syntax while also gaining insights into the subtleties of English language usage. This personalized feedback can help you develop a stronger command of the language and refine your writing style over time.

Furthermore, human editing fosters a collaborative learning environment where you can actively engage with your editor to understand the reasons behind suggested changes and learn from your mistakes. Unlike automated tools that provide generic corrections, human editors can offer explanations, examples, and alternative suggestions tailored to your specific writing challenges. This interactive process not only improves the quality of your current writing but also equips you with valuable skills and knowledge that you can apply to future writing tasks, ultimately empowering you to become a more proficient and confident English language user.

Step 1: Find Repetition in the AI Content

 As an ESL student, utilizing human editing services can be invaluable for honing your English language skills and improving the quality of your written communication. While automated grammar checkers and language tools can provide some assistance, they often lack the nuanced understanding and contextual awareness that human editors possess. Human editors, especially those who are native speakers or have extensive experience with the language, can offer personalized feedback tailored to your specific language proficiency level and writing goals.

One of the primary benefits of human editing is its ability to address not only surface-level errors but also deeper issues related to clarity, coherence, and cultural appropriateness. By working with a human editor, you can receive guidance on grammar, punctuation, and syntax while also gaining insights into the subtleties of English language usage. This personalized feedback can help you develop a stronger command of the language and refine your writing style over time.

Furthermore, human editing fosters a collaborative learning environment where you can actively engage with your editor to understand the reasons behind suggested changes and learn from your mistakes. Unlike automated tools that provide generic corrections, human editors can offer explanations, examples, and alternative suggestions tailored to your specific writing challenges. This interactive process not only improves the quality of your current writing but also equips you with valuable skills and knowledge that you can apply to future writing tasks, ultimately empowering you to become a more proficient and confident English language user.

As you can see, the repetition of nouns, verbs, and adjectives saturates the AI content. In fact, nearly 26% of the total words in the AI text are some form of content repetition. Before we can deal with this ocean of repetition, however, we need to complete the next step.

Step 2: Find the “To Be” Verbs in the AI Content

 As an ESL student, utilizing human editing services can be invaluable for honing your English language skills and improving the quality of your written communication. While automated grammar checkers and language tools can provide some assistance, they often lack the nuanced understanding and contextual awareness that human editors possess. Human editors, especially those who are native speakers or have extensive experience with the language, can offer personalized feedback tailored to your specific language proficiency level and writing goals.

One of the primary benefits of human editing is its ability to address not only surface-level errors but also deeper issues related to clarity, coherence, and cultural appropriateness. By working with a human editor, you can receive guidance on grammar, punctuation, and syntax while also gaining insights into the subtleties of English language usage. This personalized feedback can help you develop a stronger command of the language and refine your writing style over time.

Furthermore, human editing fosters a collaborative learning environment where you can actively engage with your editor to understand the reasons behind suggested changes and learn from your mistakes. Unlike automated tools that provide generic corrections, human editors can offer explanations, examples, and alternative suggestions tailored to your specific writing challenges. This interactive process not only improves the quality of your current writing but also equips you with valuable skills and knowledge that you can apply to future writing tasks, ultimately empowering you to become a more proficient and confident English language user.

Step 3: Eliminate Repetition and “To Be” Verbs in the AI Content

At this stage, we are ready to identify exactly what we are seeking to accomplish with the marked repetition. First, the urgency of elimination is correlated with proximity. That is, the closer the repeated words, the more they lessen readability and aid immediate recognition of the text as AI-generated. On the other hand, the farther apart the repetition, the less likely it is to impact the text’s clarity and coherence. Finally, it should be noted that every text contains key words that need to be repeated because they capture main idea(s).

In terms of the “to be” verbs, we should approach them with the idea that the fewer that appear in a text, the less repetitious and boring. For “to be” verbs carry many undesirable traits that AI has picked up from its training on bad writing. These include passive voice, repetition, and the use of many words instead of few. Therefore, you should aim to eliminate as many “to be” verbs as possible.

By following Step 3 to its conclusion, we can change AI to human text in the following way.

The Humanized AI Content

As an ESL student, utilizing human editing services can hone your English language skills and enhance your written communication. While grammar checkers and language tools can provide some assistance, they lack the nuanced comprehension and contextual awareness of human editors, especially those who are native speakers and have extensive experience. They can provide individualized feedback targeted to your precise language proficiency level and writing goals.

One primary benefit of human editing lies in its ability to address not only surface-level errors but also deeper issues of clarity, coherence, and cultural appropriateness. By working with a human editor, you can receive guidance on grammar, punctuation, and syntax while gaining insights into the subtleties of English language usage. This one-on-one advice can help you develop a stronger command of the language and refine your writing style.

Furthermore, human editing fosters a collaborative learning environment where you can actively engage with your editor to understand the reasons behind suggested changes and improve from your mistakes. Unlike automated tools that provide generic corrections, human editors can offer explanations, examples, and alternative comments tailored to your specific writing challenges. This interactive process improves the quality of your current writing, as well as equips you with valuable skills and knowledge that you can apply to future writing tasks, ultimately empowering you to become a more skilled and confident English language user.

AI Text vs Humanized Text

We have bolded the remaining repetition in the humanized text, and you can immediately see the reduction of repetition. In fact, we find that the nearly 26% repetition in the AI writing has been reduced down to approximately 15% repetition in the humanized writing. In other words, the repetition has decreased by more than 42 percent Moreover, the remaining repetition is concentrated in key ideas to the topic such as “human editing,” “writing,” “language, and “skills.”

At the same time, we have eliminated every instance of “to be” verbs from the humanized text, thereby allowing us to fix the issues that accompany them—including repetition and redundancy.

The Takeaway

As shown by the expert AI humanizers at Editly, you can turn AI to human text far better than any text generator or automatic rewriter. And you can do so in just 3 steps. However, if you want help from AI humanizing professionals, don’t hesitate to get started on Editly.