Editorial & AI policy
Guides and reference pages on AdeptWrite are drafted with AI assistance under written guidelines, checked against the official sources they cite, run through automated quality checks and dated. They are published under the organization’s name, not as the work of individual authors.
What this policy covers
This policy applies to everything we publish: tool pages, Guides, the Glossary, the Commonly confused words entries and comparison pages. It does not govern the text you enter into the tools — that is yours and we do not store it (see the Privacy policy).
How guides and reference pages are produced
- Topics come from real questions. We start from what people actually search for and ask — "affect or effect?", "how do I paraphrase without plagiarizing?" — using search data and a review of the articles that already rank.
- Drafted with AI assistance under written guidelines. The guidelines require an answer in the first paragraph, native writing for each language (never a word-for-word translation), local examples, and no invented statistics, quotes, ratings or accuracy figures.
- Facts checked against the cited sources. Spelling and usage claims are checked against the dictionary or authority they name; citation rules against the official style guide; tool descriptions against how the tool actually works, limits included.
- Automated quality gates. Scripts check every page before it is built: required sections, word counts, internal links, dates, leftover template text and forbidden claims. Pages that fail are not published.
- Dated. Every page shows its last update date. Comparison pages also show the date on which competitor facts were checked.
- Published by the organization. Pages carry the name AdeptWrite instead of individual bylines. We do not invent authors, credentials or reviewers.
The sources we use
- American English: the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the reference most US publishers follow.
- British English: the Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford spelling conventions.
- Spell checker data: SCOWL (Spell Checker Oriented Word Lists), the open word lists behind the common Hunspell English dictionaries, in American, British, Australian and Canadian versions.
- Citations: the APA Publication Manual (7th edition), the MLA Handbook (9th edition), The Chicago Manual of Style (18th edition) and the IEEE reference guide.
- Other languages: each language edition cites its own authority — for example KBBI and EYD V on the Indonesian edition, whose own policy is at Kebijakan editorial.
- Competitors' public pages for comparison tables; each row contains only what could be verified on the date checked.
Where a dictionary and common usage differ, we say so and explain the difference. Where American and British conventions differ, we name both instead of calling one of them wrong.
How we use AI
- In the tools: the paraphraser, grammar checker, summarizer, translator and other AI tools use language models on Cloudflare Workers AI, instructed per task and per language. The output is machine output that you must check; every tool page says so.
- In our content: guides, glossary definitions and reference entries are drafted with AI assistance under these guidelines and then checked against their sources and our automated gates. We say this openly instead of presenting the pages as hand-written.
- No fake reviews, testimonials or statistics, whether produced by AI or by people. We do not show numbers that cannot be measured, and detectors report estimates, never proof.
Commonly confused words and verification
Each entry in Commonly confused words explains the difference, gives two examples and names the convention it follows (Merriam-Webster for American English, Oxford for British English). Entries that have not passed that check stay out of search results until they do. Entries found to be wrong are corrected or removed.
Correction policy
Send corrections through the contact page or to the email address below, naming the page and your source. Valid corrections are applied, the page's update date is changed and — for significant errors — a correction note is added at the bottom of the page.
Updates
Tool pages are reviewed whenever the engine, modes or limits change. Guides and the glossary are reviewed at least once a year or when a referenced source changes, such as a new edition of a style guide. Comparison pages are re-checked periodically, and the check date is always shown.
Advertising and independence
If ads are enabled to support the free tools, they are clearly marked and do not influence guide content or comparison results. We do not accept payment to place products in comparison tables.
Frequently asked questions
Are AdeptWrite articles written by AI?
They are drafted with AI assistance under these guidelines, then checked against the sources they cite and run through automated quality checks before publication. We say so openly, we never invent authors or reviewers, and output from the AI tools is always labelled as machine output that needs checking.
How do I report an error?
Use the contact page or the email address on this page, with the page link, the part that is wrong and a reference source if you have one. Valid corrections are applied and the page's update date is refreshed.
Who is responsible for the content?
The organization AdeptWrite publishes every page and is responsible for corrections. Pages carry the organization’s name instead of individual bylines, and we do not publish names, titles or credentials that we cannot verify.