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SuggestionCategories

Categories of suggestions that can be muted.

"off" means any suggestions belonging to that category will be "muted" (not visible to the user)

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

conjunctionAtStartOfSentence optional — "on" | "off"
Flags use of conjunctions such as "but" and "and" at the beginning of sentences.
Default: "off"

fluency optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests ways to sound more natural and fluent.
Default: "on"

informalPronounsAcademic optional — "on" | "off"
Flags use of personal pronouns such as "I" and "you" in academic writing.
Default: "off"

missingSpaces optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests adding missing spacing after a numeral when writing times.
Default: "on"

nounStrings optional — "on" | "off"
Flags a series of nouns that modify a final noun.
Default: "on"
Example:
The {store manager policy handbook update meeting } is tomorrow.

numbersBeginningSentences optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests spelling out numbers at the beginning of sentences.
Default: "on"

numbersZeroThroughTen optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests spelling out numbers zero through ten.
Default: "on"

oxfordComma optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests adding the Oxford comma after the second-to-last item in a list of things.
Default: "off"

passiveVoice optional — "on" | "off"
Flags use of passive voice.
Default: "off"

personFirstLanguage optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests using person-first language to refer respectfully to an individual with a disability.
Default: "on"

possiblyBiasedLanguageAgeRelated optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests alternatives to potentially biased language related to older adults.
Default: "on"

possiblyBiasedLanguageDisabilityRelated optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests alternatives to potentially ableist language.
Default: "on"

possiblyBiasedLanguageFamilyRelated optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests alternatives to potentially biased language related to parenting and family systems.
Default: "on"
Example:
Quinn hoped to meet their { real father => birth father } one day.

possiblyBiasedLanguageGenderRelated optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests alternatives to potentially gender-biased and non-inclusive phrasing.
Default: "on"

possiblyBiasedLanguageHumanRights optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests alternatives to language related to human slavery.
Default: "on"
Example:
My professor wrote a book about { slaves => enslaved people } in America.

possiblyBiasedLanguageHumanRightsRelated optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests alternatives to terms with origins in the institution of slavery.
Default: "on"
Example:
The apartment’s { master => main|primary } bedroom has a view of the sea.

possiblyBiasedLanguageLGBTQIARelated optional — "on" | "off"
Flags LGBTQIA+-related terms that may be seen as biased, outdated, or disrespectful in some contexts.
Default: "on"

possiblyBiasedLanguageRaceEthnicityRelated optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests alternatives to potentially biased language related to race and ethnicity.
Default: "on"

possiblyPoliticallyIncorrectLanguage optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests alternatives to language that may be considered politically incorrect.
Default: "on"

prepositionAtTheEndOfSentence optional — "on" | "off"
Flags use of prepositions such as "with" and "in" at the end of sentences.
Default: "off"

punctuationWithQuotation optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests placing punctuation before closing quotation marks.
Default: "on"

readabilityFillerWords optional — "on" | "off"
Flags long, complicated sentences that could potentially confuse your reader.
Default: "on"

readabilityTransforms optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests splitting long, complicated sentences that could potentially confuse your reader.
Default: "on"

sentenceVariety optional — "on" | "off"
Flags series of sentences that follow the same pattern.
Default: "on"
Example:
I read an interesting book recently. It was about computers. I usually read novels.

spacesSurroundingSlash optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests removing extra spaces surrounding a slash.
Default: "on"
Example:
I just wanted to send a { reminder / follow-up => reminder/follow-up }.

splitInfinitive optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests rewriting split infinitives so that an adverb doesn't come between "to" and the verb.
Default: "on"

stylisticFragments optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests completing all incomplete sentences, including stylistic sentence fragments that may be intentional.
Default: "off"

unnecessaryEllipses optional — "on" | "off"
Flags unnecessary use of ellipses (...).
Default: "off"

variety optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests alternatives to words that occur frequently in the same paragraph.
Default: "on"

vocabulary optional — "on" | "off"
Suggests alternatives to bland and overused words such as "good" and "nice".
Default: "on"