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title: "Ask Claude to remove mannered prose"
description: "Remove mannered prose from Claude output"
canonical: "https://ian.is/claude-plain-prose"
language: "en"
---

[Ian Nuttall](https://ian.is/)

# Ask Claude to remove mannered prose

September 2, 2026

A prompt to stop Claude from speaking in parseltongue.

“Please remove all mannered prose.”

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