-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 178
Commit
This commit does not belong to any branch on this repository, and may belong to a fork outside of the repository.
Added a directory for checks from Fowler's. Added a check for 'waxed …
…lyrically' &c.
- Loading branch information
tkmharris
committed
Mar 14, 2016
1 parent
c6f3141
commit e4166fa
Showing
2 changed files
with
55 additions
and
0 deletions.
There are no files selected for viewing
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Original file line number | Diff line number | Diff line change |
---|---|---|
@@ -0,0 +1 @@ | ||
"""Advice from Fowler's Modern English Usage.""" |
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Original file line number | Diff line number | Diff line change |
---|---|---|
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ | ||
"""Waxed lyrical. | ||
--- | ||
layout: post | ||
source: Fowler's Modern English Usage | ||
source_url: bit.ly/1YBG8QJ | ||
title: Waxed lyrical | ||
date: 2016-03-10 14:48:42 | ||
categories: writing | ||
--- | ||
Fowler's says: | ||
It's primary meaning 'grow larger, increase' (as opposed to 'wane') leads | ||
naturally to the sense 'pass into a specified state or mood, begin to use a | ||
specified tone. In this meaning a following modifier must be an adj. not an | ||
adverb ('He waxed enthusiastic [not enthusiastically] about Australia'). | ||
""" | ||
from proselint.tools import memoize, preferred_forms_check | ||
|
||
|
||
@memoize | ||
def check(text): | ||
"""Suggest the preferred forms.""" | ||
err = "fowlers.waxed" | ||
msg = u"The modifier following 'waxed' must be an adj.: '{}' is correct" | ||
|
||
waxes = ["wax", "waxes", "waxed", "waxing"] | ||
modifiers = [("ebullient", "ebulliently"), | ||
("ecstatic", "ecstatically"), | ||
("eloquent", "eloquently"), | ||
("enthusiastic", "enthusiastically"), | ||
("euphoric", "euphorically"), | ||
("indignant", "indignantly"), | ||
("lyrical", "lyrically"), | ||
("melancholic", "melancholically"), | ||
("metaphorical", "metaphorically"), | ||
("nostalgic", "nostalgically"), | ||
("patriotic", "patriotically"), | ||
("philosophical", "philosophically"), | ||
("poetic", "poetically"), | ||
("rhapsodic", "rhapsodically"), | ||
("romantic", "romantically"), | ||
("sentimental", "sentimentally") | ||
] | ||
|
||
def pairs(word): | ||
return [[word + ' ' + pair[0], [word + ' ' + pair[1]]] | ||
for pair in modifiers] | ||
|
||
preferred = [] | ||
for word in waxes: | ||
preferred += pairs(word) | ||
|
||
return preferred_forms_check(text, preferred, err, msg) |