Make every sentence sound academic
Measure your formality and objectivity, see what’s holding you back, and rewrite to a scholarly register in one pass.
Target tone
Academic
68%
match
Measure formality and objectivity, then rewrite to a scholarly register — going beyond Grammarly-style grammar fixes for academic coursework.
Measurable tone, targeted fixes
Academic Tone makes “sound more academic” concrete — with a score you can see and fixes you can apply.
Tone analysis
Measure formality, objectivity, and academic fit, with a match score against the tone you’re aiming for.
Target-tone presets
Pick a target — Academic, Formal, Professional, Creative, or Casual — and analyse against that standard.
Flags casual language
Spot contractions, first- and second-person, and emotional wording that pull your writing out of register.
One-click fixes with spans
Apply span-level corrections to flagged phrases individually, so you stay in control of every change.
Whole-document rewrite
Rewrite the entire document to your target tone in one pass when a draft needs a consistent lift.
Quality tone score
A separate quality report gives an academic tone score from 0 to 100, so progress is measurable.
Target, analyze, fix
Three steps take you from a casual draft to a consistent academic voice.
Pick your target tone
Choose the register you’re aiming for, from a strict Academic voice to a lighter Professional one.
Analyze your draft
Notesier scores your formality, objectivity, and academic fit, and flags the language working against you.
Apply fixes or rewrite
Accept span-level fixes one by one, or rewrite the whole document to your target tone in a single pass.
Sound scholarly with confidence
Whether you’re lifting a rushed draft or matching a strict register, the tone tools keep your writing on standard.
Upgrade a casual draft
Take a quick, conversational first draft and lift it to a scholarly register without rewriting from scratch.
Remove “I think” and contractions
Find and fix first-person phrasing and contractions that markers expect you to avoid in formal work.
Match a formal lab-report register
Aim for an objective, impersonal tone and check how closely your methods and results actually match it.
Presets, flags, and what the score measures
Tone analysis works against a target preset, flags the language that lowers your register, and reports clear metrics.
Target-tone presets
- Academic
- Formal
- Professional
- Creative
- Casual
What it flags
- Casual language
- First & second person
- Contractions
- Emotional wording
What the score measures
- Formality
- Objectivity
- Academic fit
- Match %
- Tone score 0–100
Fix in place, or rewrite the whole thing
For small problems, apply span-level fixes to the exact phrases that were flagged. When a draft needs a consistent lift, run a whole-document rewrite to your target tone — and use the Improve tab’s paraphrase styles to reshape individual passages.
Part of getting submission-ready
Tone is one of the last checks before you hand in. Explore the features around it.
Questions about academic tone
Quick answers to what students ask most.
It flags casual language, first- and second-person phrasing, contractions, and emotional wording — the things that most often pull academic writing out of an appropriate register.
Built for these assignments
See this feature in action on the assignments students use it for most.
Essays
Thesis-driven essays, structured and cited from the first line.
Analysis & Reviews
Evidence-led interpretation of texts, books and media — never plot summary.
Reflective Writing
Gibbs, Kolb or Driscoll — link experience to theory and outcomes.
Reports & Professional
Executive summaries, analysis and recommendations that read professionally.
Check your tone now
See how academic your writing really is, then fix it in clicks or rewrite to a scholarly voice — free to start.