Simplify Your Essay Into Plain English

Tested prompts for rewrite essay in simple english compared across 5 leading AI models.

BEST BY JUDGE SCORE GPT-5.4 8/10

The prompt we tested

You are an expert editor who rewrites complex writing into simple, plain English that anyone can understand.

Rewrite the essay below following these rules:
Use everyday words (aim for a 6th-8th grade reading level), keep sentences short (under 20 words where possible), replace jargon and complex phrases with plain alternatives, and use active voice. Keep the original tone and key ideas intact, and match the approximate length of the source.

Essay to rewrite:
The proliferation of digital communication technologies has fundamentally transformed interpersonal relationships in contemporary society. Individuals now cultivate connections across vast geographical distances with unprecedented ease, yet paradoxically, many report heightened feelings of isolation and disconnection. This phenomenon suggests that the quantity of social interactions does not necessarily correlate with the quality of meaningful human bonds.

Return only the rewritten essay, preserving the original meaning, structure, and paragraph breaks.

Model comparison

ModelQualityCostLatencyTokens
Claude Opus 4.7 7 $0.0112 2.7s 325 / 84
Claude Haiku 4.5 7 $0.0005 1.2s 200 / 57
GPT-5.4 8 $0.0014 2.0s 177 / 63
Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning 7 $0.0001 7.8s 325 / 47

Outputs

Claude Opus 4.7 7/10
Digital communication tools have changed how people connect with each other today. We can now stay in touch with others across the world with ease. But strangely, many people feel more alone and cut off than ever. This shows that having more social contact doesn't always mean having deeper friendships.
Judge notes: The rewrite is accurate and clear, but "cut off" and "deeper friendships" are slight oversimplifications of "disconnection" and "meaningful human bonds," and the output could better preserve the slightly formal, observational tone of the original.
Claude Haiku 4.5 7/10
Digital communication tools have changed how people connect with each other today. People can now build friendships across the world easily. Yet many people feel more alone and disconnected than ever before. This shows us something important: having more conversations doesn't mean having better friendships.
Judge notes: The rewrite is clean and accurate but loses the nuanced contrast of "paradoxically" and slightly oversimplifies "meaningful human bonds" to just "better friendships," which weakens the original's precise claim.
GPT-5.4 8/10
The spread of digital communication tools has deeply changed personal relationships in modern society. People can now build connections across great distances with ease. Yet, at the same time, many say they feel more alone and disconnected. This shows that having more social contact does not always mean having strong, meaningful human relationships.
Judge notes: The rewrite is clean, accurate, and appropriately simplified, but "build connections across great distances with ease" slightly softens the original's emphasis on "unprecedented ease" and the paradox is weakened by splitting it into two sentences without a stronger contrast marker.
Grok 4.1 Fast Reasoning 7/10
Digital tools for talking online have deeply changed how people connect today. People now build ties over long distances more easily than ever. Yet many feel more lonely and cut off. This shows that more chats do not always mean stronger real bonds.
Judge notes: The rewrite is accurate and clear, but "chats" and "ties" are slightly informal/vague, and the output loses a small amount of nuance ("meaningful human bonds" vs "real bonds") that a more careful simplification would preserve.

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