You’re def not alone—AI writing tools are handy but man, they make you sound like a soulless robot sometimes. I had the exact same issue; my teacher circled “awkwardly formal” like ten times on my draft. What helped me: 1) read your essay out loud and listen for lines no normal person would say, 2) swap out those over-complicated words for ones you’d use in a text, and 3) throw in a little personality (like a question, joke, or personal touch). If you want a free tool that’ll do some of this for you, check out this simple essay humanizer—it made my paragraphs sound way less stiff. Just don’t forget to give it a quick proofread after, since total reliance on any tool (AI or not) can end up swapping robot-speak for weird grammar. And ask a friend to read it too; nothing catches awkwardness faster than a real human eye.
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