SuggestionCategories
Categories of suggestions that can be muted.
Keep the following rules in mind when muting suggestion categories:
The following categories are turned
"off"
by default:conjunctionAtStartOfSentence
,informalPronounsAcademic
,oxfordComma
,passiveVoice
,prepositionAtTheEndOfSentence
,stylisticFragments
, andunnecessaryEllipses
.If a category is set to
"off"
, any suggestions belonging to that category will be muted (not visible to the user).If a user has connected their Grammarly account to your application, the full set of customized suggestions from their user profile will always take precedence.
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Used by Config and EditorConfig.
interface SuggestionCategories {
conjunctionAtStartOfSentence?: "on" | "off";
fluency?: "on" | "off";
informalPronounsAcademic?: "on" | "off";
missingSpaces?: "on" | "off";
nounStrings?: "on" | "off";
numbersBeginningSentences?: "on" | "off";
numbersZeroThroughTen?: "on" | "off";
oxfordComma?: "on" | "off";
passiveVoice?: "on" | "off";
personFirstLanguage?: "on" | "off";
possiblyBiasedLanguageAgeRelated?: "on" | "off";
possiblyBiasedLanguageDisabilityRelated?: "on" | "off";
possiblyBiasedLanguageFamilyRelated?: "on" | "off";
possiblyBiasedLanguageGenderRelated?: "on" | "off";
possiblyBiasedLanguageHumanRights?: "on" | "off";
possiblyBiasedLanguageHumanRightsRelated?: "on" | "off";
possiblyBiasedLanguageLGBTQIARelated?: "on" | "off";
possiblyBiasedLanguageRaceEthnicityRelated?: "on" | "off";
possiblyPoliticallyIncorrectLanguage?: "on" | "off";
prepositionAtTheEndOfSentence?: "on" | "off";
punctuationWithQuotation?: "on" | "off";
readabilityFillerWords?: "on" | "off";
readabilityTransforms?: "on" | "off";
sentenceVariety?: "on" | "off";
spacesSurroundingSlash?: "on" | "off";
splitInfinitive?: "on" | "off";
stylisticFragments?: "on" | "off";
unnecessaryEllipses?: "on" | "off";
variety?: "on" | "off";
vocabulary?: "on" | "off";
}
Properties
Flags use of conjunctions such as "but" and "and" at the beginning of sentences.
Suggests ways to sound more natural and fluent.
Flags use of personal pronouns such as "I" and "you" in academic writing.
Suggests adding missing spacing after a numeral when writing times.
Flags a series of nouns that modify a final noun.
Example:
The {store manager policy handbook update meeting } is tomorrow.
Suggests spelling out numbers at the beginning of sentences.
Suggests spelling out numbers zero through ten.
Suggests adding the Oxford comma after the second-to-last item in a list of things.
Flags use of passive voice.
Suggests using person-first language to refer respectfully to an individual with a disability.
Suggests alternatives to potentially biased language related to older adults.
Suggests alternatives to potentially ableist language.
Suggests alternatives to potentially biased language related to parenting and family systems.
Example:
Quinn hoped to meet their { real father => birth father } one day.
Suggests alternatives to potentially gender-biased and non-inclusive phrasing.
Suggests alternatives to language related to human slavery.
Example:
My professor wrote a book about { slaves => enslaved people } in America.
Suggests alternatives to terms with origins in the institution of slavery.
Example:
The apartment’s { master => main|primary } bedroom has a view of the sea.
Flags LGBTQIA+-related terms that may be seen as biased, outdated, or disrespectful in some contexts.
Suggests alternatives to potentially biased language related to race and ethnicity.
Suggests alternatives to language that may be considered politically incorrect.
Flags use of prepositions such as "with" and "in" at the end of sentences.
Suggests placing punctuation before closing quotation marks.
Flags long, complicated sentences that could potentially confuse your reader.
Suggests splitting long, complicated sentences that could potentially confuse your reader.
Flags series of sentences that follow the same pattern.
Example:
I read an interesting book recently. It was about computers. I usually read novels.
Suggests removing extra spaces surrounding a slash.
Example:
I just wanted to send a { reminder / follow-up => reminder/follow-up }.
Suggests rewriting split infinitives so that an adverb doesn't come between "to" and the verb.
Suggests completing all incomplete sentences, including stylistic sentence fragments that may be intentional.
Flags unnecessary use of ellipses (...).
Suggests alternatives to words that occur frequently in the same paragraph.
Suggests alternatives to bland and overused words such as "good" and "nice".