retext-intensify

retext plugin to check for weak and mitigating wording.

Install

This package is ESM only: Node 12+ is needed to use it and it must be imported instead of required.

npm:

npm install retext-intensify

Use

Say we have the following file, example.txt:

Some people say there are quite some
problems, apparently.

…and our script, example.js, looks as follows:

import {readSync} from 'to-vfile'
import {reporter} from 'vfile-reporter'
import {retext} from 'retext'
import retextIntensify from 'retext-intensify'

const file = readSync('example.txt')

retext()
  .use(retextIntensify)
  .process(file)
  .then((file) => {
    console.error(reporter(file))
  })

Yields:

example.txt
    1:1-1:5  warning  Don’t use `Some`, it’s vague or ambiguous       weasel  retext-intensify
  1:13-1:16  warning  Don’t use `say`, it lessens impact              hedge   retext-intensify
  1:27-1:32  warning  Don’t use `quite`, it’s vague or ambiguous      weasel  retext-intensify
  1:33-1:37  warning  Don’t use `some`, it’s vague or ambiguous       weasel  retext-intensify
  2:11-2:21  warning  Don’t use `apparently`, it doesn’t add meaning  filler  retext-intensify

⚠ 5 warnings

API

This package exports no identifiers. The default export is retextIntensify.

unified().use(retextIntensify[, options])

Check for weak and mitigating wording: weasels, hedges, and fillers.

options.ignore

Phrases not to warn about (Array.<string>).

Messages

Each message is emitted as a VFileMessage on file, with the following fields:

message.source

Name of this plugin ('retext-intensify').

message.ruleId

Category of warning ('filler', 'hedge', or 'weasel')

message.actual

Current not ok phrase (string).

message.expected

Empty array to signal that actual should be removed ([]).

Related

• retext-equality — Check possible insensitive, inconsiderate language
• retext-passive — Check passive voice
• retext-profanities — Check profane and vulgar wording
• profanities — List of profane words
• hedges — List of hedge words
• fillers — List of filler words
• weasels — List of weasel words

Contribute

See contributing.md in retextjs/.github for ways to get started. See support.md for ways to get help.

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License

MIT © Titus Wormer