Fix up the list of checks

README.md

@@ -97,69 +97,79 @@ You can disable any of the checks by modifying `.proselintrc`.
 
 | ID    | Description     |
 | ----- | --------------- |
-| `carlin.filth` | Words to avoid |
+| `annotations.misc` | Catching annotations left in the text |
+| `cliches.hell` | Avoiding a common cliché |
+| `cliches.misc` | Avoiding clichés |
 | `consistency.spacing` | Consistent sentence spacing |
-| `consistency.spelling` | Consistent use of British vs. American spelling |
-| `cliches` | Avoiding cliché |
-| `garner.airlinese` | Avoiding jargon of the airline industry |
-| `garner.am_pm` | Using the right form for the time of day |
-| `garner.animal_labels` | Likening things to animals using fun words |
-| `garner.archaism` | Avoiding archaic forms |
-| `garner.back_formations` | Avoiding needless backformations |
-| `garner.capitalization` | Captializing what ought to be capitalized |
-| `garner.commercialese` | Avoiding jargon of the commercial world |
-| `garner.dates` | Stylish formatting of dates |
-| `garner.denizen_labels` | Calling people the right names |
-| `garner.diacritical_marks` | Using dïacríticâl marks |
-| `garner.illogic` | Avoiding illogical forms |
-| `garner.jargon` | Avoiding miscellaneous jargon |
-| `garner.malapropisms` | Avoiding common malapropisms |
-| `garner.many_a` | Many a singular |
-| `garner.misspelling` | Avoiding common misspellings missed by spell-check |
-| `garner.mixed_metaphors` | Not mixing metaphors |
-| `garner.mondegreens` | Avoiding mondegreens |
-| `garner.needless_variants` | Using the preferred form |
-| `garner.oxymorons` | Avoiding oxymorons |
-| `garner.preferred_forms` | Miscellaneous preferred forms |
-| `garner.punctuation` | Using the right punctuation |
-| `garner.redundancy` | Avoiding redundancy |
-| `garner.sexism` | Avoiding sexist language |
-| `gowers.overworked_metaphors` | Overworked metaphors |
-| `inc.corporate_speak` | Avoiding corporate buzzwords |
-| `leonard.exclamation` | Avoiding hyperbolic use of exclamation |
-| `leonard.hell` | Avoiding a common cliché |
-| `lilienfeld.terms_to_avoid` | Avoiding misused psychological terms |
-| `misc.annotations` | Catching annotations left in the text |
+| `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 |
+| `lexical_illusions.misc` | Avoiding lexical illusions |
+| `links.broken` | Linking only to existing sites |
+| `malapropisms.misc` | Avoiding common malapropisms |
+| `misc.airlinese` | Avoiding jargon of the airline industry |
+| `misc.apologizing` | Being confident |
+| `misc.archaism` | Avoiding archaic forms |
+| `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.credit_card` | Keeping credit card numbers secret |
+| `misc.commercialese` | Avoiding jargon of the commercial world |
 | `misc.currency` | Avoiding redundant currency symbols |
-| `misc.hyperbolic` | Not being hyperbolic |
-| `misc.link_checker` | Linking only to existing sites |
-| `misc.password` | Keeping passwords secret |
-| `misc.whence` | Usage of the word "whence" |
-| `nfl.naughty_words` | Avoiding words banned by the NFL |
-| `nordquist.redundancy` | Avoiding redundancy and saying things twice |
-| `norris.denizen_labels` | Using the right denizen label |
-| `ogilvy.pretension` | Avoiding being pretentious |
-| `orwell.debased` | Avoiding debased language |
-| `oxford.venery_terms` | Call groups of animals by the right name |
-| `palahniuk.suddenly` | Avoiding the word suddenly |
-| `pinker.apologizing` | Being confident |
-| `pinker.hedging` | Not hedging |
-| `pinker.latin` | Avoiding overuse of Latin phrases |
-| `pinker.metaconcepts` | Avoiding overuse of metaconcepts |
-| `pinker.narcisissm` | Talking about the subject, not its study |
-| `pinker.scare_quotes` | Using scare quotes only when needed |
-| `strunk_white.composition` | Avoiding wordy phrases |
-| `strunk_white.greylist` | Words to avoid |
-| `strunk_white.usage` | Misc. usage recommendations |
-| `typography.symbols` | Using the right symbol |
-| `twain.damn` | Avoiding the word "very" |
-| `wallace.tense_present` | Misc. advice |
-| `wallace.uncomparables` | Not comparing uncomparables |
-| `write_good.lexical_illusions` | Avoiding lexical illusions |
-| `write_good.weasel_words` | Avoiding weasel words |
-| `wsj.athletes` | Spelling the names of athletes correctly |
+| `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.narcisissm` | 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" |
 
 ### Contributing
 

site/_posts/2014-06-10-checks.md

@@ -10,69 +10,79 @@ Here is a list of what <tt>proselint</tt> checks.
 
 | ID    | Description     |
 | ----- | --------------- |
-| `carlin.filth` | Words to avoid |
+| `annotations.misc` | Catching annotations left in the text |
+| `cliches.hell` | Avoiding a common cliché |
+| `cliches.misc` | Avoiding clichés |
 | `consistency.spacing` | Consistent sentence spacing |
-| `consistency.spelling` | Consistent use of British vs. American spelling |
-| `garner.airlinese` | Avoiding jargon of the airline industry |
-| `garner.am_pm` | Using the right form for the time of day |
-| `garner.animal_labels` | Likening things to animals using fun words |
-| `garner.archaism` | Avoiding archaic forms |
-| `garner.back_formations` | Avoiding needless backformations |
-| `garner.capitalization` | Captializing what ought to be capitalized |
-| `cliches` | Avoiding cliché |
-| `garner.commercialese` | Avoiding jargon of the commercial world |
-| `garner.dates` | Stylish formatting of dates |
-| `garner.denizen_labels` | Calling people the right names |
-| `garner.diacritical_marks` | Using dïacríticâl marks |
-| `garner.illogic` | Avoiding illogical forms |
-| `garner.jargon` | Avoiding miscellaneous jargon |
-| `garner.malapropisms` | Avoiding common malapropisms |
-| `garner.many_a` | Many a singular |
-| `garner.misspelling` | Avoiding common misspellings missed by spell-check |
-| `garner.mixed_metaphors` | Not mixing metaphors |
-| `garner.mondegreens` | Avoiding mondegreens |
-| `garner.needless_variants` | Using the preferred form |
-| `garner.oxymorons` | Avoiding oxymorons |
-| `garner.preferred_forms` | Miscellaneous preferred forms |
-| `garner.punctuation` | Using the right punctuation |
-| `garner.redundancy` | Avoiding redundancy |
-| `garner.sexism` | Avoiding sexist language |
-| `gowers.overworked_metaphors` | Overworked metaphors |
-| `inc.corporate_speak` | Avoiding corporate buzzwords |
-| `leonard.exclamation` | Avoiding hyperbolic use of exclamation |
-| `leonard.hell` | Avoiding a common cliché |
-| `lilienfeld.terms_to_avoid` | Avoiding misused psychological terms |
-| `misc.annotations` | Catching annotations left in the text |
+| `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 |
+| `lexical_illusions.misc` | Avoiding lexical illusions |
+| `links.broken` | Linking only to existing sites |
+| `malapropisms.misc` | Avoiding common malapropisms |
+| `misc.airlinese` | Avoiding jargon of the airline industry |
+| `misc.apologizing` | Being confident |
+| `misc.archaism` | Avoiding archaic forms |
+| `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.credit_card` | Keeping credit card numbers secret |
+| `misc.commercialese` | Avoiding jargon of the commercial world |
 | `misc.currency` | Avoiding redundant currency symbols |
-| `misc.hyperbolic` | Not being hyperbolic |
-| `misc.link_checker` | Linking only to existing sites |
-| `misc.password` | Keeping passwords secret |
-| `misc.whence` | Usage of the word "whence" |
-| `nfl.naughty_words` | Avoiding words banned by the NFL |
-| `nordquist.redundancy` | Avoiding redundancy and saying things twice |
-| `norris.denizen_labels` | Using the right denizen label |
-| `ogilvy.pretension` | Avoiding being pretentious |
-| `orwell.debased` | Avoiding debased language |
-| `oxford.venery_terms` | Call groups of animals by the right name |
-| `palahniuk.suddenly` | Avoiding the word suddenly |
-| `pinker.apologizing` | Being confident |
-| `pinker.hedging` | Not hedging |
-| `pinker.latin` | Avoiding overuse of Latin phrases |
-| `pinker.metaconcepts` | Avoiding overuse of metaconcepts |
-| `pinker.narcisissm` | Talking about the subject, not its study |
-| `pinker.scare_quotes` | Using scare quotes only when needed |
-| `strunk_white.composition` | Avoiding wordy phrases |
-| `strunk_white.greylist` | Words to avoid |
-| `strunk_white.usage` | Misc. usage recommendations |
-| `typography.symbols` | Using the right symbol |
-| `wallace.tense_present` | Misc. advice |
-| `wallace.uncomparables` | Not comparing uncomparables |
-| `white.damn` | Avoiding the word "very" |
-| `write_good.lexical_illusions` | Avoiding lexical illusions |
-| `write_good.weasel_words` | Avoiding weasel words |
-| `wsj.athletes` | Spelling the names of athletes correctly |
+| `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.narcisissm` | 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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