Word Count Excluding Quoted Text

For an assignment or article with a word limit that specifically excludes quoted material, a standard word count tool overcounts by including every word inside quotation marks along with your own original writing.

This tool separates your text into quoted and non-quoted portions, counting each separately, so you can see your total word count, how many words fall inside quotation marks, and your actual original word count excluding those quotes.

This is useful for academic writing with quote-exclusive word limits, journalism with attribution-heavy pieces where original analysis needs to be distinguished from quoted material, or any writing context where only your own words should count toward a target.

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