Vale rules to help you build a great style guide

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Terminology and Brand Name Consistency Rule

Common Abbreviation Standards

Latin Abbreviation Substitution Rule

Non-breaking Space for Brand Names

British to American English Spelling Conversion

MUI Company Name Reference Check

Spelling Rule with Custom Filters

Gender-Neutral Language Enforcement

AM/PM Time Format Rule

Lowercase After Colon

Date Format Check

Ellipsis Check

No Spaces Around Dashes

En Dash to Em Dash Rule

No Exclamation Points Rule

First Person Pronoun Check

Gender-Neutral Pronoun Check

Inclusive Language Substitutions

Heading Period Check

Latin Abbreviation Substitution

Unnecessary Adverb Hyphens

No Plurals in Parentheses

Ordinal Numbers as Words

Oxford Comma Detection

No Periods in Acronyms

Enforce Proper Quotation Mark Punctuation

Number Range Format

Internet Slang Checker

American English Spelling Rule

Nonbreaking Space in Units

Passive Voice Detection

Sentence Length Rule

Avoid First-Person Plural Pronouns

Future Tense Detector

British English Spelling Rule

"As well as" Usage Check

Private Link to AWS PrivateLink Rule

Time Format AM/PM Rule

Respectful Disability Language Rule

Undefined Acronym Check

Adverb Usage Check

Auto-hyphenation Check

Microsoft Word Choice Rule

Backend/Back-end Usage Rule

Microsoft Simple Word Choices Rule

Contraction Prevention Rule

Em Dash Space Checker

Date Format Validator

Ordinal Date Style Check

Date Format Rule - No Numerical Month Representation

No Ellipsis

First Person Check

Latin Abbreviation Substitutions

Gender-Specific Pronoun Combinations

Gender-Inclusive Language Substitutions

Heading Colon Capitalization Rule

Heading Punctuation Check

Sentence-Style Capitalization for Headings

No Hyphen After -ly Words

Negative Number En Dash Rule

Ordinal Number Style Rule

Oxford Comma Detection

Passive Voice Detection

Numeral with Percent Units

Quotation Mark Punctuation Placement

Number Range En Dash Rule

Time Range Format Rule

Number Range Format

Semicolon Usage Check

Sentence Length Check

Sentence Spacing Rule

Hyphenated Compound Lists

Consistency in Technical Terms and Common Expressions

URL Reference Style Rule

Units of Measure Number Format

Word Usage Verification Rule

First Person Plural Check

Concise Language Substitutions Rule

Avoid Airlinese Terms

Animal-Like Terms to Latin Adjectives

Development Comment Checker

Research Claims Rule

Archaic Language Detection

No Paragraph-Starting 'But'

Cliche Detection Rule

Corporate Speak Checker

Currency Symbol with Word Pattern Check

Profanity Detection Rule

AM/PM Time Format Check

12 AM/PM to Midnight/Noon Correction

Redundant Time Period References

Time Format Space Check

Demonym Standardization Rule

French and Other Foreign Loanwords Checker

Gender-Neutral Language Substitutions

Collective Animal Nouns Rule

Hedging Language Detection

Multiple Exclamation/Question Mark Detection

Jargon Detection Rule

Offensive LGBTQ+ Terms Check

Inclusive Language for LGBTQ+ Communities

Malapropism Check

Preferred Word Choice Substitutions

Common Word Substitutions Rule

Oxymoron Check

p-value Decimal Places Check

Redundant Acronym/Phrase Check

Skunked Terms Checker

Spelling Consistency Rule

Symbol Substitution Rule

Non-comparable Words Rule

Avoid "very"

Click/Press Replacement Rule

Avoid Anthropomorphizing Tech

No Paragraph-Starting 'But'

Word Substitution - Help vs. Assist

Inclusive Language Substitutions

No Punctuation at End of Headings

Hedging Language Detection

No "here" in link text

Inside Quotes Punctuation Rule

No "So" at Start of Sentence

Avoid Starting Sentences with "There is/are"

Cliché Detector Rule

Contractions Detection

Word Repetition Check

Passive Voice Detection Rule

No "So" at Start of Sentence

Avoid Starting Sentences with "There is/are"

Wordy Phrases Checker

Weasel Word Detection Rule

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