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# R2 (skill-language-style) SCAN trigger: informal filler phrases with no
# single fixed replacement (the fix is deletion/rewording, not a swap) --
# distinct from Microsoft.Wordiness/Qt.Language.HedgingWords, and from
# Qt.Language.WordyQuantifier.yml, which extends Microsoft.Wordiness
# directly for 'a lot of' (a vague-quantifier phrase with a fixed
# replacement, same category as Wordiness's existing "a number of: many").
extends: existence
message: "'%s' is informal filler; state the point directly."
link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/word-choice/use-simple-words-concise-sentences
level: suggestion
ignorecase: true
tokens:
- 'kind of'
- 'sort of'
- 'pretty much'