Language editing: readable for reviewers

One job: make the reader believe the claim is warranted. Every paragraph offers a reason or rules out an alternative.

Task: Feedback that the English needs native editing.

[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
   - the paragraphs
   - journal style
   - my own level
   - length
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.

[Go through each of these]
- fix structure and linking before vocabulary
- split long sentences, one claim each
- cut hedges and repetition
- flag places where language obscures meaning

[Process]
1. Conclusion first, then support
2. One point per paragraph, stated in its first sentence
3. Address alternative explanations and limits
4. Cut sentences that do not advance the argument
5. Check every number has a source

[Output]
Claim, reason, evidence, alternative, limitation.

[Do not]
- No 'obviously' or 'as we all know'
- Never state a fact without a citation
- Do not repeat results in the discussion
- Do not inflate practical implications