Sentence rewriter & improver
Paste a clunky sentence. Pick a goal: clearer, more formal, more concise or more varied. You get three rewrites and a note on exactly what changed.
Your result will appear here on index cards you can copy.
Five fixes that improve most sentences
| Fix | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Cut empty openers | There are many students who struggle with sleep. | Many students struggle with sleep. |
| Active voice | The experiment was conducted by the researchers. | The researchers conducted the experiment. |
| Strong verbs over nouns | The committee made a decision to reduce fees. | The committee decided to reduce fees. |
| Remove redundancy | The final outcome was completely unanimous. | The outcome was unanimous. |
| Formal register | Kids get way too much homework nowadays. | Children today receive excessive homework. |
These follow the advice in Strunk and White's The Elements of Style and most university style guides: prefer the active voice, omit needless words, and put the action in the verb.
Want to check a whole essay's sentence length? Use the readability checker. Choppy sentences? Join them with the right transition words.
Questions students ask
Is a sentence rewriter the same as a paraphrasing tool?
Close. The rewriter improves your own sentences (style, clarity, tone). The paraphrasing tool rewords a source passage you plan to cite, keeping its meaning.
Will it change my meaning?
It is told to keep meaning and facts exactly. Read each version carefully, especially with technical terms.
Can I rewrite a whole paragraph?
Yes, up to 1,500 characters. For longer text, work paragraph by paragraph.