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166 167 </head> 168 <body> 169 <div class="paper"> 170 <header> 171 <a class="logo" href="/" aria-label="Limato home"> 172 <img src="/logo-56.webp" alt="Limato" width="28" height="23" /> 173 <span>Limato</span> 174 </a> 175 <nav> 176 <a href="/#features">Features</a> 177 <a href="/#how">How it works</a> 178 <a href="/#pricing">Pricing</a> 179 <a href="/blog/">Blog</a> 180 <a href="/es/">ES</a> 181 </nav> 182 </header> 183 184 <div class="page-header"> 185 <h1>Writing tips for non-native speakers</h1> 186 <p>Practical guides on sounding clear, professional, and natural â in English.</p> 187 </div> 188 189 <div class="post-list"> 190 <article class="post-card"> 191 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/how-to-start-a-professional-email/"> 192 <div class="post-meta">September 7, 2026 · 9 min read</div> 193 <h2 class="post-title">How to Start a Professional Email: Greetings and Opening Lines That Work</h2> 194 <p class="post-excerpt"> 195 Which greeting fits which relationship — and what "Dear Sir/Madam", "Respected Sir" and an autopilot "I hope this email finds you well" actually signal to a native reader. Four registers, the ESL openers to retire, and five situations. 196 </p> 197 <span class="post-tag">Writing</span> 198 </a> 199 </article> 200 201 <article class="post-card"> 202 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/is-zerogpt-accurate/"> 203 <div class="post-meta">August 16, 2026 · 18 min read</div> 204 <h2 class="post-title">Is ZeroGPT Accurate? We Tested It on 30 Short Emails (2026)</h2> 205 <p class="post-excerpt"> 206 30 short emails — 15 non-AI, written by the author, and 15 AI-written — through 5 detectors at two thresholds. ZeroGPT flagged 0 of 15 non-AI emails and missed 2 of 15 AI ones. Includes the earlier 63-100% false-positive result we withdrew, and why. 207 </p> 208 <span class="post-tag">Research</span> 209 </a> 210 </article> 211 212 <article class="post-card"> 213 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/esl-email-writing-data/"> 214 <div class="post-meta">August 9, 2026 · 10 min read</div> 215 <h2 class="post-title">What a Rewrite Model Actually Cuts From Non-Native English Email: 60 Measured Drafts</h2> 216 <p class="post-excerpt"> 217 60 real API calls, measured: native tone cut non-native email by a median 37% (n=40, range 23-54%), humanize cut AI email by 21% (n=20). Which ESL phrases and AI tells actually survive a rewrite, and a correction to our own prior claims. 218 </p> 219 <span class="post-tag">Research</span> 220 </a> 221 </article> 222 223 <article class="post-card"> 224 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/how-to-end-a-professional-email/"> 225 <div class="post-meta">August 8, 2026 · 10 min read</div> 226 <h2 class="post-title">How to End a Professional Email: Sign-Offs and Closing Phrases That Work</h2> 227 <p class="post-excerpt"> 228 Not another list of fifty sign-offs. A register map: what "Best regards", "Yours faithfully", "Warm regards" and "Thanks in advance" actually signal to a native reader, and which ones quietly work against you. 229 </p> 230 <span class="post-tag">Writing</span> 231 </a> 232 </article> 233 234 <article class="post-card"> 235 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/can-chatgpt-fix-esl-writing/"> 236 <div class="post-meta">July 14, 2026 · 10 min read</div> 237 <h2 class="post-title">Can ChatGPT Fix ESL Writing? I Did It for Two Years</h2> 238 <p class="post-excerpt"> 239 Yes for the vocabulary â but three real runs on the same 126-word email came back at 110, 131 and 117 words, and one of them invented a delivery commitment I never made. The full test, the prompt that fixes most of it, and where the workflow breaks. 240 </p> 241 <span class="post-tag">Guide</span> 242 </a> 243 </article> 244 245 <article class="post-card"> 246 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/can-copilot-humanize-text/"> 247 <div class="post-meta">July 9, 2026 · 7 min read</div> 248 <h2 class="post-title">Can Copilot Humanize Text? What Microsoft Copilot Can and Can't Do</h2> 249 <p class="post-excerpt"> 250 A real side-by-side test: Copilot's self-rewrite fixes the wording but keeps the AI structure â triple lists, uniform sentences, extra padding. The prompt that mostly works, where it plateaus, and what a dedicated humanizer does differently. 251 </p>
252 <span class="post-tag">Guide</span> 253 </a> 254 </article> 255 256 <article class="post-card"> 257 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/best-grammarly-alternatives/"> 258 <div class="post-meta">June 13, 2026 · 10 min read</div> 259 <h2 class="post-title">Best Grammarly Alternatives for Non-Native English Speakers (2026)</h2> 260 <p class="post-excerpt"> 261 Grammarly fixes errors but leaves non-native phrasing intact. Compare Limato, LanguageTool, QuillBot, Wordtune, and DeepL Write â pricing, strengths, and which one actually makes you sound native. 262 </p> 263 <span class="post-tag">Comparison</span> 264 </a> 265 </article> 266 267 <article class="post-card"> 268 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/limato-vs-deepl-write/"> 269 <div class="post-meta">May 17, 2026 · 7 min read</div> 270 <h2 class="post-title">Limato vs DeepL Write: Which Rewriter for Non-Native English Speakers?</h2> 271 <p class="post-excerpt"> 272 DeepL Write Simple style trims ESL emails (â17%, casualizes register). Limato Native restructures (â55%). Pricing, languages (8 vs 34), and when to pick each. 273 </p> 274 <span class="post-tag">Comparison</span> 275 </a> 276 </article> 277 278 <article class="post-card"> 279 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/limato-vs-quillbot/"> 280 <div class="post-meta">May 16, 2026 · 7 min read</div> 281 <h2 class="post-title">Limato vs QuillBot: Which Rewriter for Non-Native English Speakers?</h2> 282 <p class="post-excerpt"> 283 QuillBot Fluency paraphrases with a mixed register (â23%). Limato Native restructures with one consistent voice (â55%). Suite vs focused tool, pricing, and when to pick each. 284 </p> 285 <span class="post-tag">Comparison</span> 286 </a> 287 </article> 288 289 <article class="post-card"> 290 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/limato-vs-wordtune/"> 291 <div class="post-meta">May 15, 2026 · 7 min read</div> 292 <h2 class="post-title">Limato vs Wordtune: Which Rewriter for Non-Native English Speakers?</h2> 293 <p class="post-excerpt"> 294 Wordtune Casual returns 10 variants â the default adds phrases not in the source (â23%). Limato Native returns one rewrite (â55%, no hallucinations). Pricing, languages, and when to pick each. 295 </p> 296 <span class="post-tag">Comparison</span> 297 </a> 298 </article> 299 300 <article class="post-card"> 301 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/limato-vs-grammarly/"> 302 <div class="post-meta">May 15, 2026 · 7 min read</div> 303 <h2 class="post-title">Limato vs Grammarly: Which Rewriter for Non-Native English Speakers?</h2> 304 <p class="post-excerpt"> 305 Head-to-head on the same ESL email. Grammarly Clarity trims 8% and keeps the scaffold; Limato Native cuts 55% and restructures. Pricing, languages, and when to pick each. 306 </p> 307 <span class="post-tag">Comparison</span> 308 </a> 309 </article> 310 311 <article class="post-card"> 312 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/why-i-built-limato/"> 313 <div class="post-meta">May 13, 2026 · 7 min read</div> 314 <h2 class="post-title">Why I Built Limato: From ChatGPT Round-Trips to Inline Rewrite</h2> 315 <p class="post-excerpt"> 316 For two years I copied every important email into ChatGPT, asked it to make me sound native, and pasted the result back. Then I got tired of the tab-switching and built a Chrome extension. 317 </p> 318 <span class="post-tag">Founder log</span> 319 </a> 320 </article> 321 322 <article class="post-card"> 323 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/12-esl-patterns-natives-never-use/"> 324 <div class="post-meta">May 5, 2026 · 9 min read</div> 325 <h2 class="post-title">12 ESL Patterns Native English Speakers Rarely Use (And What to Say Instead)</h2> 326 <p class="post-excerpt"> 327 Twelve specific phrases that mark you as a non-native English writer â "kindl
327y", "revert back", "discuss about", "informations" â and the natural alternatives natives actually use. 328 </p> 329 <span class="post-tag">Writing</span> 330 </a> 331 </article> 332 333 <article class="post-card"> 334 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/best-wordtune-alternatives/"> 335 <div class="post-meta">May 3, 2026 · 10 min read</div> 336 <h2 class="post-title">Best Wordtune Alternatives for Non-Native English Speakers (2026)</h2> 337 <p class="post-excerpt"> 338 Wordtune polishes word choice but won't strip ESL patterns. Compare Limato, QuillBot, Grammarly, DeepL Write, and ProWritingAid â pricing, strengths, and which one fits your job. 339 </p> 340 <span class="post-tag">Comparison</span> 341 </a> 342 </article> 343 344 <article class="post-card"> 345 <a class="post-link" href="/blog/english-writing-tips-for-non-native-speakers/"> 346 <div class="post-meta">April 25, 2026 · 8 min read</div> 347 <h2 class="post-title">English Writing Tips for Non-Native Speakers: How to Sound More Natural</h2> 348 <p class="post-excerpt"> 349 You speak English well. You understand everything. But when you write â something feels off. 350 Here are the patterns that give away non-native writers, and how to fix them without spending hours editing. 351 </p> 352 <span class="post-tag">Writing</span> 353 </a> 354 </article> 355 </div> 356 357 <section class="tools-block"> 358 <h2>Free tools</h2> 359 <p>Humanize AI text in your browser â one free rewrite, no signup.</p> 360 <div class="tools-links"> 361 <a href="/humanizer">AI Humanizer</a> 362 <a href="/humanize/chatgpt-text/">ChatGPT</a> 363 <a href="/humanize/claude-text/">Claude</a> 364 <a href="/humanize/gemini-text/">Gemini</a> 365 <a href="/humanize/copilot-text/">Copilot</a> 366 <a href="/humanize/deepseek-text/">DeepSeek</a> 367 <a href="/humanize/grok-text/">Grok</a> 368 <a href="/humanize/perplexity-text/">Perplexity</a> 369 <a href="/humanize/llama-text/">Llama</a> 370 </div> 371 </section> 372 373 <footer> 374 <div>© 2026 Limato</div> 375 <div> 376 <a href="/terms">Terms</a> 377 <a href="/refund">Refund</a> 378 <a href="/privacy">Privacy</a> 379 <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Contact</a> 380 </div> 381 </footer> 382 </div> 383
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