anti-slop-writing: no literary verbs for things - #28
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…trings Literary verbs in program output (files that hold, tags that stand, groups that claim, commits that move past) slipped through the prose rules. New section with an avoid list, a plain-verb rule, 16 before/after rewrites from balade's check diagnostics, and a self-check item. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EbmbcnENzTAj8KpYDoKd7U
… just program output Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EbmbcnENzTAj8KpYDoKd7U
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A tic the prose rules missed: verbs that give objects bodies and intentions. Files that "hold", tags that "stand on their own", groups that "claim", references that "carry", commits that "move past", features that "ship". They pass the banned-words list and still read as slop, in any kind of text.
Adds a section "No Literary Verbs For Things" that applies everywhere (prose, docs, comments, commit messages, error messages, UI strings, chat replies): plain-verb rule (is/has/contains/matches/references), an avoid list, 16 real before/after rewrites from basaltbytes/balade#150, and a self-check item.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01EbmbcnENzTAj8KpYDoKd7U