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VBC-347: passive-voice

warning

Category: docs
Analysis: Regex (line by line)
File types: .md
Scope: source code only, ignoring anything inside strings and comments
Off by default. Name it in slopless.config.json to turn it on.
Tags: docs style

What it reports

Potential passive voice at line {line}. Consider using active voice for clarity.

Flagged

md
The schema is validated by the loader.

Not flagged

md
The loader validates the schema.
md
The cache is advanced automatically.

Pattern

regex
\b(?:is|are|was|were|be|been|being)\s+(?:\w+\s+)?\w+ed\s+by\b

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