Google

Getting started

Add it to your .vale.ini, then run vale sync.

Packages = Google

[*.md]
BasedOnStyles = Vale, Google

• Google.Acronyms suggestion conditional Style guide

  Spell out '%s', if it's unfamiliar to the audience.

• Google.AMPM error existence Style guide

  Use 'AM' or 'PM' (preceded by a space).

• Google.Colons warning existence scope: sentence Style guide

  '%s' should be in lowercase.

• Google.Contractions suggestion substitution Style guide

  Use '%s' instead of '%s'.

• Google.DateFormat error existence Style guide

  Use 'July 31, 2016' format, not '%s'.

• Google.Ellipses warning existence Style guide

  In general, don't use an ellipsis.

• Google.EmDash error existence Style guide

  Don't put a space before or after a dash.

• Google.Exclamation error existence Style guide

  Don't use exclamation points in text.

• Google.FirstPerson warning existence Style guide

  Avoid first-person pronouns such as '%s'.

• Google.Gender error existence Style guide

  Don't use '%s' as a gender-neutral pronoun.

• Google.GenderBias error substitution Style guide

  Consider using '%s' instead of '%s'.

• Google.HeadingPunctuation warning existence scope: heading Style guide

  Don't put a period at the end of a heading.

• Google.Headings warning capitalization scope: heading Style guide

  '%s' should use sentence-style capitalization.

• Google.Latin error substitution Style guide

  Use '%s' instead of '%s'.

• Google.LyHyphens error existence Style guide

  '%s' doesn't need a hyphen.

• Google.OptionalPlurals error existence Style guide

  Don't use plurals in parentheses such as in '%s'.

• Google.Ordinal error existence Style guide

  Spell out all ordinal numbers ('%s') in text.

• Google.OxfordComma warning existence scope: sentence Style guide

  Use the Oxford comma in '%s'.

• Google.Parens suggestion existence Style guide

  Use parentheses judiciously.

• Google.Passive suggestion existence Style guide

  In general, use active voice instead of passive voice ('%s').

• Google.Periods error existence Style guide

  Don't use periods with acronyms or initialisms such as '%s'.

• Google.Quotes error existence Style guide

  Commas and periods go inside quotation marks.

• Google.Ranges warning existence Style guide

  Don't add words such as 'from' or 'between' to describe a range of numbers.

• Google.Semicolons suggestion existence scope: sentence Style guide

  Use semicolons judiciously.

• Google.Slang error existence Style guide

  Don't use internet slang abbreviations such as '%s'.

• Google.Spacing error existence Style guide

  '%s' should have one space.

• Google.Spelling warning existence Style guide

  In general, use American spelling instead of '%s'.

• Google.Units error existence Style guide

  Put a nonbreaking space between the number and the unit in '%s'.

• Google.We warning existence Style guide

  Try to avoid using first-person plural like '%s'.

• Google.Will warning existence Style guide

  Avoid using '%s'.

• Google.WordList warning substitution Style guide

  Use '%s' instead of '%s'.