When typing a email or even sending a message, do you find yourself wondering if your tone is sounding polite or not. We seldom write and rewrite a sentence to make it sound more friendly. But we still end up not sure if we did it right. This is where FoxType comes in. FoxType is a free website which helps you write in a polite, friendly tone. The website evaluates your sentences and gives you suggestions to re-write to sound more polite. When you type in a sentence, the website also rates the politeness of your sentence as impolite, polite or neutral.
When you open up the website you will see the screen as seen in the screenshot below.
In the above window, you can type in your sentence in the text box provided. Then click on the check tone button. After the checking process is completed the tone of your sentence will be shown below. A neutral tone will be shown in Yellow color, a polite tone will be shown in Green color and a impolite tone will be shown in Red color.
Below this tone indicator there are two columns, impolite and polite. Both these columns highlight the words from your sentence which fall under each category.
Below this there is a link to share this sentence and its results with your friends via various mediums. After this you will find suggestions to replace the sentence that you typed. The suggested sentences can be in a polite, neutral or impolite tone. Each sentence has a tone indicator in front of it. You can replace your sentence with one of the suggested ones if you like any of them better. The above screenshot shows all these features.
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Conclusion:
FoxType helps you write in a polite way, even things you thought were sounding rude can be turned around using this website. The website will give you valuable suggestions about what part or words in your sentence sound polite or impolite. Using this website you can decide to rewrite your sentences to have a more friendly tone.
Check out FoxType here.
