retext-contractions

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retextretext plugin to check apostrophes in elided contractions: if they exist (isnt > isn’t) and if they are placed properly (is’nt > isn’t).

Install

This package is ESM only: Node 12+ is needed to use it and it must be imported instead of required.
npm install retext-contractions

## Use

Say we have the following file, `example.txt`:

```txt
Well, it does’nt have to be so bad yall, it isnt like the 80’s.

…and our script, example.js, looks like this:

import {readSync} from 'to-vfile'
import {reporter} from 'vfile-reporter'
import {unified} from 'unified'
import retextEnglish from 'retext-english'
import retextContractions from 'retext-contractions'
import retextStringify from 'retext-stringify'

const file = readSync('example.txt')

unified()
  .use(retextEnglish)
  .use(retextContractions)
  .use(retextStringify)
  .process(file, (file) => {
    console.error(reporter(file))
  })

Now, running node example yields:

example.txt
  1:10-1:17  warning  Expected the apostrophe in `does’nt` to be like this: `doesn’t`  retext-contractions  retext-contractions
  1:36-1:40  warning  Expected an apostrophe in `yall`, like this: `y’all`             retext-contractions  retext-contractions
  1:45-1:49  warning  Expected an apostrophe in `isnt`, like this: `isn’t`             retext-contractions  retext-contractions
  1:59-1:63  warning  Expected the apostrophe in `80’s` to be like this: `’80s`        retext-contractions  retext-contractions

⚠ 4 warnings

API

This package exports no identifiers. The default export is retextContractions.

retext().use(retextContractions[, options])

Emit warnings when a) elided contractions don’t have their required apostrophe, and b) when that apostrophe isn’t placed correctly.

options

options.straight

Suggest straight (') instead of smart (’) apostrophes (boolean, default: false). Use retext-quotesquotes if you want to properly check that though.

options.allowLiterals

Include literal phrases (boolean, default: false). The default is to ignore them.

Messages

The following VFileMessagemessages are used:
| source | ruleId | Example | Reason | | - | - | - | - | | retext-contractions | missing-smart-apostrophe | Yall | Expected an apostrophe in Yall, like this: Y’all | | retext-contractions | missing-straight-apostrophe | Yall, with straight: true | Expected an apostrophe in Dont, like this: Don't | | retext-contractions | straight-apostrophe | Don't | Expected the apostrophe in Don't to be like this: Don’t | | retext-contractions | smart-apostrophe | Don’t, with straight: true | Expected the apostrophe in Don’t to be like this: Don't |
The offending value is stored at message.actual, and the suggested values are stored at message.expected.

Related

• retext-diacritics

— Check for proper use of diacritics

• retext-quotes

— Check quote and apostrophe usage

• retext-sentence-spacing

— Check spacing between sentences

Contribute

See contributing.mdcontributing in retextjs/.githubhealth for ways to get started. See support.mdsupport for ways to get help.
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License

MITlicense © Titus Wormerauthor