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Make a message more formal without sounding pompous
It's too casual for the reader and your 'formal' try sounds Victorian. Get a professional version that still sounds human.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Make this more formal without pompous padding. Text: [paste] Reader: [role] Channel: [email / letter] Must keep meaning: [yes] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A formal sendable version. 2. Pompous substitutions you avoided. 3. A middle-formality option. 4. Subject line if it's email. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, quotes or what the other person thinks. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. paste: a short note you already have. role: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Copilot
Make this more formal without pompous padding. Text: [paste] Reader: [role] Channel: [email / letter] Must keep meaning: [yes] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A formal sendable version. 2. Pompous substitutions you avoided. 3. A middle-formality option. 4. Subject line if it's email. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, quotes or what the other person thinks. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. paste: a short note you already have. role: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You paste the text.
The assistant asks about hierarchy.
You get a formal version and pompous words cut.
What happens
Use Copilot to make a message more formal without sounding pompous
It's too casual for the reader and your 'formal' try sounds Victorian. Get a professional version that still sounds human.
Tools
Paste the prompt, fill the blanks, copy the draft.
- Microsoft Copilot — required. Drafts from the text you paste. Nothing is sent.
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