Too many commas in one sentence
max-tenon by default (info)Japanese
A Japanese sentence cut by many commas (、)
Example
How to fix
Split the sentence in two where the meaning breaks.
Why it matters
In Japanese, a sentence cut by many commas (、) leaves the reader unable to tell which pieces belong together. Many commas usually mean the sentence carries too much. Commas that only separate listed nouns (名前、会社名、連絡先) and commas inside 「」 quotations are not counted.
What it does not flag
Only 、 and ， are counted. Commas between two nouns (listed items) and commas inside 「」 quotations are not.
Turning it off or relaxing it
Technical details
- Layer
- L3
- Status
- stable
- Severity
- info
- Languages
- ja
- Suited to
- business, technical, blog, legal, docs, academic, literature, speech
- Reads from the document
- pos
Levels
Set a level for this rule under rules in chaff.yaml. With nothing set, it runs at the level its genre gives it (see By genre below).
| strict | up to 4 commas in a sentence |
|---|---|
| normal | up to 6 commas in a sentence |
| relaxed | up to 8 commas in a sentence |
By genre
- Runs by default in
- technical/spec, technical/readme, blog/tech, blog/essay, blog/owned-media, business/proposal, business/report, business/email, business/press-release, business/meeting-notes, docs/manual, docs/faq, docs/glossary, academic/paper, speech/address, speech/transcript
- Turned off by the genre in
- legal/contract, legal/statute, legal/judgment, legal/patent, literature/fiction, literature/essay, literature/poetry, literature/play
Message
{count} commas in one sentence (limit {limit})
Rewrite depth (chaff fix-plan --depth): light — words and sentences; the structure and the voice stay
This page is built from the rule's definition file:packages/chaff/rules/max-ten.yaml