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polish-language
Use when a manuscript needs a copy-edit for consistency and non-native English clarity. Flags abbreviation, US/UK spelling, en-dash range, P/p, hyphenation, number-style and unit-spacing issues, then polishes style only. AI-tell removal is /humanize.
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# Polish-Language Skill
Tighten a manuscript's **mechanical language consistency and clarity** before circulation or
submission — the copy-editor pass content-focused skills skip. The author is often a non-native
(ESL) English writer, so clarity edits keep the formal academic register and never touch facts.
Manuscript edits are in English.
This skill **never** rewrites scientific claims, changes numeric values, edits citations, or
judges study quality; it standardizes house style and improves sentence-level clarity, with
explicit user approval for every edit. Out of scope: AI-tell removal (`humanize`, which does not
do general copy-editing), drafting or restructuring (`write-paper`), reporting-guideline items
(`check-reporting`), AI-search optimization (`academic-aio`), reference formatting and citation
integrity (`manage-refs`, `verify-refs`), and translation.
