Here is a list of what proselint checks.
| ID | Description |
|---|---|
airlinese.misc |
Avoiding jargon of the airline industry |
annotations.misc |
Catching annotations left in the text |
archaism.misc |
Avoiding archaic forms |
cliches.hell |
Avoiding a common cliché |
cliches.misc |
Avoiding clichés |
consistency.spacing |
Consistent sentence spacing |
consistency.spelling |
Consistent spelling |
corporate_speak.misc |
Avoiding corporate buzzwords` |
cursing.filth |
Words to avoid |
cursing.nfl |
Avoiding words banned by the NFL |
dates_times.am_pm |
Using the right form for the time of day |
dates_times.dates |
Stylish formatting of dates |
hedging.misc |
Not hedging |
hyperbole.misc |
Not being hyperbolic |
jargon.misc |
Avoiding miscellaneous jargon |
lgbtq.offensive_terms |
Avoiding offensive LGBTQ terms |
lgbtq.terms |
Misused LGBTQ terms |
lexical_illusions.misc |
Avoiding lexical illusions |
links.broken |
Linking only to existing sites |
malapropisms.misc |
Avoiding common malapropisms |
misc.apologizing |
Being confident |
misc.back_formations |
Avoiding needless backformations |
misc.bureaucratese |
Avoiding bureaucratese |
misc.but |
Avoid starting a paragraph with "But..." |
misc.capitalization |
Capitalizing only what ought to be capitalized |
misc.chatspeak |
Avoiding lolling and other chatspeak |
misc.commercialese |
Avoiding jargon of the commercial world |
misc.currency |
Avoiding redundant currency symbols |
misc.debased |
Avoiding debased language |
misc.false_plurals |
Avoiding false plurals |
misc.illogic |
Avoiding illogical forms |
misc.inferior_superior |
Superior to, not than |
misc.latin |
Avoiding overuse of Latin phrases |
misc.many_a |
Many a singular |
misc.metaconcepts |
Avoiding overuse of metaconcepts |
misc.narcissism |
Talking about the subject, not its study |
misc.phrasal_adjectives |
Hyphenating phrasal adjectives |
misc.preferred_forms |
Miscellaneous preferred forms |
misc.pretension |
Avoiding being pretentious |
misc.professions |
Calling jobs by the right name |
misc.punctuation |
Using punctuation assiduously |
misc.scare_quotes |
Using scare quotes only when needed |
misc.suddenly |
Avoiding the word suddenly |
misc.tense_present |
Advice from Tense Present |
misc.waxed |
Waxing poetic |
misc.whence |
Using "whence" |
mixed_metaphors.misc |
Not mixing metaphors |
mondegreens.misc |
Avoiding mondegreen |
needless_variants.misc |
Using the preferred form |
nonwords.misc |
Avoid using nonwords |
oxymorons.misc |
Avoiding oxymorons |
psychology.misc |
Avoiding misused psychological terms |
redundancy.misc |
Avoiding redundancy and saying things twice |
redundancy.ras_syndrome |
Avoiding RAS syndrome |
skunked_terms.misc |
Avoid using skunked terms |
spelling.able_atable |
-able vs. -atable |
spelling.able_ible |
-able vs. -ible |
spelling.athletes |
Spelling of athlete names |
spelling.em_im_en_in |
-em vs. -im and -en vs. -in |
spelling.er_or |
-er vs. -or |
spelling.in_un |
in- vs. un- |
spelling.misc |
Spelling words corectly |
security.credit_card |
Keeping credit card numbers secret |
security.password |
Keeping passwords secret |
sexism.misc |
Avoiding sexist language |
terms.animal_adjectives |
Animal adjectives |
terms.denizen_labels |
Calling denizens by the right name |
terms.eponymous_adjectives |
Calling people by the right name |
terms.venery |
Call groups of animals by the right name |
typography.diacritical_marks |
Using dïacríticâl marks |
typography.exclamation |
Avoiding overuse of exclamation |
typography.symbols |
Using the right symbols |
uncomparables.misc |
Not comparing uncomparables |
weasel_words.misc |
Avoiding weasel words |
weasel_words.very |
Avoiding the word "very" |
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