WordRake marks 'that' for deletion far too often, in my opinion (but I'm a lawyer). WordRake doesn't always appreciate context: for 'is consistent with,' WordRake proposed a single option, 'follows,' which sometimes made sense and sometimes didn't. It prefers simple past tense verbs (which are short) to longer progressive or conditional verb tenses, which may elide nuance or create ambiguity (for example, the difference between 'began reading' and 'read'). It focuses relentlessly on word count, occasionally at slight cost to clarity. It will propose changes to quotations, so keep clear of the 'accept all changes' option. WordRake is fast and no-nonsense: it hunted through a 15,000-word brief and had edits plated up and ready to serve in a matter of minutes-a great gift to those of us who suffer from both logorrhea and procrastination. WordRake discovered plenty of fat in my flabby sentences-'At the time' became 'when,' 'a couple of' became 'two,' 'more than' became 'over,' 'take a look' became 'look,' 'for the purpose of' became 'to.' Opening phrases ('At this point,' 'As it happened,' 'There is no dispute that') and adverbs were marked for termination with extreme prejudice. I sicced WordRake on my draft opposition brief and liked the results. It's designed to help all writers (not just lawyers) produce short, clear, readable sentences, which it does with speed and grace.

You accept or reject those changes using Track Changes.

It will proofread your writing (including Outlook emails!) and use Word's 'Track Changes' function to propose edits.

After a two-week free trial you may subscribe for one to three years, with the least expensive option (Word only, 1 year) at $129 and the most expensive (Word + Outlook for 3 years) totaling $399. Readers, may I introduce WordRake and BriefCatch, two plug-ins for Microsoft Word.įirst, WordRake, available at. This year Santa dropped off an immense summary judgment brief just in time for the holidays-a great excuse to stay indoors and a chance to test out some technological assists for busy writers.

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