Limato
Practical guides on sounding clear, professional, and natural — in English.
Which greeting fits which relationship — and what "Dear Sir/Madam", "Respected Sir" and an autopilot "I hope this email finds you well" actually signal to a native reader. Four registers, the ESL openers to retire, and five situations.
Writing30 short emails — 15 non-AI, written by the author, and 15 AI-written — through 5 detectors at two thresholds. ZeroGPT flagged 0 of 15 non-AI emails and missed 2 of 15 AI ones. Includes the earlier 63-100% false-positive result we withdrew, and why.
Research60 real API calls, measured: native tone cut non-native email by a median 37% (n=40, range 23-54%), humanize cut AI email by 21% (n=20). Which ESL phrases and AI tells actually survive a rewrite, and a correction to our own prior claims.
ResearchNot another list of fifty sign-offs. A register map: what "Best regards", "Yours faithfully", "Warm regards" and "Thanks in advance" actually signal to a native reader, and which ones quietly work against you.
WritingYes for the vocabulary — but three real runs on the same 126-word email came back at 110, 131 and 117 words, and one of them invented a delivery commitment I never made. The full test, the prompt that fixes most of it, and where the workflow breaks.
GuideA real side-by-side test: Copilot's self-rewrite fixes the wording but keeps the AI structure — triple lists, uniform sentences, extra padding. The prompt that mostly works, where it plateaus, and what a dedicated humanizer does differently.
GuideGrammarly fixes errors but leaves non-native phrasing intact. Compare Limato, LanguageTool, QuillBot, Wordtune, and DeepL Write — pricing, strengths, and which one actually makes you sound native.
ComparisonDeepL Write Simple style trims ESL emails (−17%, casualizes register). Limato Native restructures (−55%). Pricing, languages (8 vs 34), and when to pick each.
ComparisonQuillBot Fluency paraphrases with a mixed register (−23%). Limato Native restructures with one consistent voice (−55%). Suite vs focused tool, pricing, and when to pick each.
ComparisonWordtune Casual returns 10 variants — the default adds phrases not in the source (−23%). Limato Native returns one rewrite (−55%, no hallucinations). Pricing, languages, and when to pick each.
ComparisonHead-to-head on the same ESL email. Grammarly Clarity trims 8% and keeps the scaffold; Limato Native cuts 55% and restructures. Pricing, languages, and when to pick each.
ComparisonFor two years I copied every important email into ChatGPT, asked it to make me sound native, and pasted the result back. Then I got tired of the tab-switching and built a Chrome extension.
Founder logTwelve specific phrases that mark you as a non-native English writer — "kindly", "revert back", "discuss about", "informations" — and the natural alternatives natives actually use.
WritingWordtune polishes word choice but won't strip ESL patterns. Compare Limato, QuillBot, Grammarly, DeepL Write, and ProWritingAid — pricing, strengths, and which one fits your job.
ComparisonYou speak English well. You understand everything. But when you write — something feels off. Here are the patterns that give away non-native writers, and how to fix them without spending hours editing.
WritingHumanize AI text in your browser — one free rewrite, no signup.