How to Proofread and Edit Your Writing with AI Quiz

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1. What usually happens if you ask an AI to simply 'improve this' text?
   • It fixes only spelling errors
   • It returns the text unchanged
   • It applies many editing levels at once, often changing your tone
   • It translates the text into another language
2. Which instruction best fits a grammar-only proofread?
   • Correct only spelling, grammar and punctuation; do not change word choice or tone
   • Make this sound more professional
   • Rewrite this for a general audience
   • Shorten this by half
3. Why can an AI change words even when told to fix grammar only?
   • It edits a hidden copy stored online
   • It generates a new version of the text rather than editing in place
   • Grammar rules require word changes
   • It cannot read punctuation
4. Which Microsoft Word feature does the guide suggest for seeing every AI change?
   • Mail Merge
   • Page Layout
   • Word Count
   • Compare Documents
5. What did the 2023 Stanford study by Liang and colleagues find about AI detectors?
   • They frequently misclassified essays by non-native English writers as AI-generated
   • They were perfectly accurate for all writers
   • They could only detect handwriting
   • They worked only on essays in Spanish
6. Why ask for edits as a list of original, suggestion and reason rather than a full rewrite?
   • Lists use more tokens and are therefore more accurate
   • It stops the model from reading your text
   • The model outputs only edits, reducing unrequested changes and keeping you in control
   • Lists are required by style guides
7. How can a non-native English writer use AI proofreading as a learning tool?
   • Accept every rewrite without reading it
   • Ask for explanations of why phrases sound unnatural
   • Only use it on text in their first language
   • Turn off all instructions
8. Why should long documents be proofread in sections?
   • AI tools only accept one sentence at a time
   • Sections are cheaper to print
   • It removes the need to check the results
   • Attention to detail drops with very long inputs, so late errors get missed