retext-cliches

Check phrases for cliches with retext.

Installation

npm:

npm install retext-cliches

retext-cliches is also available for duo, and as an AMD, CommonJS, and globals module, uncompressed and compressed.

Usage

var retext = require('retext');
var cliches = require('retext-cliches');
var report = require('vfile-reporter');

retext()
    .use(cliches)
    .process([
      'You can use cliches until the until the cows come home.',
      'Sorry to burst your bubble',
      'but you will sound like a broken record.',
    ].join('\n'), function (err, file) {
        console.log(report(file));
    });

Yields:

<stdin>
  1:31-1:55: Warning: “until the cows come home” is a cliche
  2:10-2:27: Warning: “burst your bubble” is a cliche
  3:27-3:40: Warning: “broken record” is a cliche

⚠ 3 warnings

API

retext.use(cliches[, options])

Check phrases for cliches.

Parameters

• cliches — This plug-in;

• options (Object?, optional):

  • ignore (Array.<string>) — List of phrases to not warn about.

License

MIT © Duncan Beaton