[en] new rule "big in size" (etc.), by Kumara Bhikkhu

languagetool-org · Jan 1, 2014 · 623a735 · 623a735
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diff --git a/languagetool-language-modules/en/src/main/resources/org/languagetool/rules/en/grammar.xml b/languagetool-language-modules/en/src/main/resources/org/languagetool/rules/en/grammar.xml
@@ -12030,6 +12030,23 @@ USA
             <example correction="little|bit" type="incorrect">He was a <marker>little bit</marker> late.</example>
             <example type="correct">He was a little late.</example>
         </rule>
+        <rule id="JJ_in_NN" name="big in size (etc)">
+            <pattern>
+                <token postag_regexp="yes" postag="JJ|JJR|JJS"><exception postag="VBN"/><exception>or</exception></token>
+                <token>in</token>
+                <token postag_regexp="yes" postag="NN:UN|NN:U"><exception postag_regexp="yes" postag="NNPS|NNP|VBG"/></token>
+            </pattern>
+            <message>A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound more powerful.</message>
+            <suggestion>\1</suggestion>
+            <short>Redundant phrase</short>
+            <example type="correct">The man is big.</example>
+            <example type="correct">His speech was brief.</example>
+            <example type="correct">He's absorbed in thought.</example>
+            <example correction="big" type="incorrect">The man is <marker>big in size</marker>.</example>
+            <example correction="brief" type="incorrect">His speech was <marker>brief in duration</marker>.</example>
+            <example correction="red" type="incorrect">My car is <marker>red in color</marker>.</example>
+            <example correction="few" type="incorrect">Her friends were <marker>few in number</marker>.</example>
+        </rule>
     </category>
     <category name="Bad style" type="style">
         <rule default="off" id="SENT_START_NUM" name="Number starting a sentence">