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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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