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This naturally lends itself to being implemented inside a tool that searches for the word "very" in a text and if the next word is one of those listed, replaces
by cliveowen 13y ago
This naturally lends itself to being implemented inside a tool that searches for the word "very" in a text and if the next word is one of those listed, replaces both with that occurrence.
- tptacek 13y agoYeah, the list of alternates doesn't do much for me, but the notion of doing an edit pass looking for "very" so I can spot bad sentences does sound useful.
- Zikes 13y agoSounds like something that could be integrated into that Hemingway [1] tool that was posted here a few days ago. Edit: It looks like the tool already marks "very" for omission. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7223969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7223969