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"""Elementary Rules of Usage.
---
layout: post
source: Strunk & White
source_url: ???
title: Elementary Rules of Usage
date: 2014-06-10 12:31:19
categories: writing
---
Strunk & White say:
1. Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's.
2. In a series of three or more terms with a conjunction, use a comma after
each term except the last.
3. Enclose parenthetic expressions between commas. ("This rule is difficult to
apply.")
4. Place a comma before a conjunction introducing an independent clause.
5. Do not join independent clauses with a comma; use a semi-colon. Or a period.
6. Do not break sentences in two. Do not use periods for the role of commas.
7. Use a colon after an independent clause if you introduce: a list of
particulars, an appositive, an application, or an illustrative quotation.
8. Use a dash to set off an abrupt break or interruption and to announce a
long appositive or summary.
9. The number of the subject determines the number of the verb. (MDPNB: This
will require nltk & syntactic parsing)
10. Use the proper case(grammatical gender) of pronouns.
* MDPNB: hard case: "Give this work to whoever looks idle." `whoever looks
idle` is the object of `to`.
11. A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to the
grammatical subject.
"""
# from proselint.tools import memoize
# import re
# @memoize
# def check(text):
# err = "strunk_white.usage"
# msg = "Use of '{}'. {}"
# bad_words = [
# "obviously",
# "utilize"
# ]
# explanations = {
# "obviously":
# "This is obviously an inadvisable word to use.",
# "utilize":
# r"Do you know anyone who *needs* to utilize the word utilize?"
# }
# errors = []
# for word in bad_words:
# occ = [m for m in re.finditer(word, text.lower())]
# for o in occ:
# errors.append((o.start(), o.end(), err,
# msg.format(word, explanations[word])))
# return errors
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