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Grammarly flags the language fixes and you choose each one. ChatGPT writes the change log and checks every protected quotation.
Mark protected quotations
Flag language issues
Choose each suggestion
Log edits, check quotes
Resolve and accept
Use: You
Have ready: the draft, house style and protected quotations. Mark every protected quotation (highlight or comment) and note the style points in scope.
Check every protected span is marked; this boundary decision stays with you.
Use: Grammarly
Run Grammarly over the draft and let it flag every grammar, spelling, punctuation and clarity issue.
What to paste into the tool
Run the grammar check on the draft. Leave marked protected quotations as they are.
Use: You
Accept or reject each Grammarly suggestion under the house style, skipping any suggestion that touches a protected quotation.
Read each suggestion before accepting and confirm no accepted suggestion alters a meaning-sensitive phrase.
Use: ChatGPT
Upload the original draft and the edited draft; ask ChatGPT to list every changed span and check each protected quotation word for word.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Change log and quotation integrity report. Attached are the original draft and the edited draft. List every edit as old text and new text. Extract every protected quotation from the original and check whether it appears word for word in the edited draft. Report matched, altered and missing quotations, with both versions for any altered one. Do not comment on anything else.
Use: You
Resolve every flagged span against the original quotations, then run the completion check: edits stay in scope, quotations exact, then accept the draft.
Each quotation matches its source exactly; the log lists every accepted edit. Nothing is sent or published.
You mark protected spans. Claude copyedits outside the markers and logs every edit. You audit spans and log.
Mark spans, write brief
Copyedit and log
Audit and accept
Use: You
Have ready: the draft, house style and protected quotations. Mark every protected span (for example [[Q1]] ... [[/Q1]]) and write a short house-style brief.
Check the markers cover exactly the protected spans.
Use: Claude
Upload the marked draft and brief; ask Claude to copyedit only outside the markers and return the text with a change log and deviation list.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Copyedited draft text; Numbered change log; Style deviation list. Attached is a draft in which text between [[Q...]] and [[/Q...]] markers is quoted material that must remain byte-identical, and a short house-style brief. Copyedit only the unmarked prose for grammar, spelling, punctuation and house style. Do not add, remove or reorder any marked span. Return: 1) the full edited text, 2) a numbered change log describing every edit, 3) a list of style deviations you noticed but did not change.
Use: You
Check every marked span is byte-identical, walk the change log against both texts, review the deviation list, then accept the draft.
Correct any altered span or unlogged edit from the original before acceptance. Nothing is sent or published.
ChatGPT copyedits under your house style, logs every edit, then checks the protected quotations. You resolve flagged spans and decide.
Confirm the inputs
Copyedit and check
Resolve and accept
Use: You
Have ready: the draft, the house style and the protected quotation list, with their versions confirmed.
Check versions and authorisation.
Use: ChatGPT
Upload the draft, house style and quotation list; ask ChatGPT to copyedit with a change log, then check every protected quotation appears word for word.
What to paste into the tool
Task: Copyedit the attached draft under the attached house style. Do not change any protected quotation in the attached list, not even punctuation. Return the copyedited draft and a change log listing every edit as old text and new text. Do not rewrite for meaning. Task: Quotation integrity report listing matched, altered and missing spans. Attached are the original draft and my copyedited version. Extract every quotation (text inside quotation marks or block quotes) from the original. For each one, check whether it appears word-for-word in the edited version. Report: matched quotations, altered quotations (show both versions), and missing quotations. Do not comment on anything else.
Use: You
Resolve every flagged span against the original quotations, then run the completion check: edits in scope, quotations exact; accept the draft.
Each quotation matches its source exactly. The draft stays internal; nothing is sent or published.
Best when: You want Grammarly for fixes and a machine-written log
What it does: Grammarly flags; ChatGPT logs; you choose
Strong at: You see and decide on every suggestion
Limit: Marked-span handling not shown; skip protected spans yourself
Free plan: Grammarly: Yes, limited (100 prompts monthly); ChatGPT: Yes, limited
Best when: The draft is long; you want one pass plus a log
What it does: AI rewrites and logs; you audit
Strong at: Markers give the audit a concrete boundary to check
Limit: Span preservation not stated; the audit carries that check
Free plan: Yes
Best when: Quotation integrity is the top risk
What it does: AI edits, logs and audits; you decide
Strong at: Every edit logged; every quotation re-checked
Limit: Copyediting not covered on cited pages; review meaning-sensitive edits
Free plan: Yes, limited (upload and feature caps)
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Deciding between ChatGPT and Claude for this? See the comparison.
In every path the editor confirms protected spans and reviews meaning-sensitive edits.
In every path the editor verifies protected quotations remain exact and accepts the draft before any downstream action.
No path sends, publishes, signs, grants access or changes a live account; every draft stays internal for review.
Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.