Paragraphs keep opening the same way
repeated-conjunctionon by defaultJapanese / English
Paragraph after paragraph opening with a connective such as "Also" or "Moreover"
Example
Flagged
The new prices start next month.
Also, the invoice format will change.
Moreover, payment will be due at the end of the month.
Furthermore, the old prices end in March.
What chaff prints
3:1 3 paragraphs in a row open with a conjunction (limit 2)
Fixed
The new prices start next month.
The invoice format will change.
Payment will be due at the end of the month.
The old prices end in March.
What chaff prints
no finding
How to fix
Keep one. Start the others with what you want to say.
Why it matters
One paragraph opening with a conjunction carries the flow. A run of them makes every paragraph an afterthought.
What it does not flag
One paragraph opening with a connective is ordinary and is not reported.
Turning it off or relaxing it
Silence this one spot (in the document)
<!-- stet: repeated-conjunction — reason -->
Relax it for the team (the reason is kept as a comment in chaff.yaml)
npx chaffjs relax repeated-conjunction --why "reason"
Turn it off for the team (chaff.yaml)
rules:
repeated-conjunction: off
Technical details
- Layer
- L2
- Status
- stable
- Severity
- warning
- Languages
- Japanese and English
- Suited to
- business, blog, technical, legal, docs, academic, literature, speech
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 1 paragraphs in a row opening with a connective |
|---|---|
| normal | up to 2 paragraphs in a row opening with a connective |
| relaxed | up to 4 paragraphs in a row opening with a connective |
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, legal/contract, legal/statute, legal/judgment, legal/patent, docs/manual, docs/faq, docs/glossary, academic/paper, speech/address
- Turned off by the genre in
- literature/fiction, literature/essay, literature/poetry, literature/play, speech/transcript
Message
{count} paragraphs in a row open with a conjunction (limit {limit})
This page is built from the rule's definition file:packages/chaff/rules/repeated-conjunction.yaml