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"""Lexical illusions.
---
layout: post
source: write-good
source_url: https://github.com/btford/write-good
title: Lexical illusion present
date: 2014-06-10 12:31:19
categories: writing
---
A lexical illusion is when a word word is unintentionally repeated twice, and
and this happens most often between line breaks.
"""
from proselint.tools import existence_check, memoize
@memoize
def check(text):
"""Check the text."""
err = "lexical_illusions.misc"
msg = "There's a lexical illusion here: a word is repeated."
regex = r"\b(?<!\-)(\w+)(\b\s\1)+\b"
exceptions = [r"^had had$", r"^that that$"]
return existence_check(text, [regex], err, msg, exceptions=exceptions,
require_padding=False)
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