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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.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

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.

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