PowerToys/.github/actions/spell-check/line_forbidden.patterns

# reject `m_data` as VxWorks defined it and that breaks things if it's used elsewhere
# see [fprime](https://github.com/nasa/fprime/commit/d589f0a25c59ea9a800d851ea84c2f5df02fb529)
# and [Qt](https://github.com/qtproject/qt-solutions/blame/fb7bc42bfcc578ff3fa3b9ca21a41e96eb37c1c7/qtscriptclassic/src/qscriptbuffer_p.h#L46)
#\bm_data\b

# Were you debugging using a framework with `fit()`?
# If you have a framework that uses `it()` for testing and `fit()` for debugging a specific test,
# you might not want to check in code where you skip all the other tests.
#\bfit\(

# English does not use a hyphen between adverbs and nouns
# https://twitter.com/nyttypos/status/1894815686192685239
(?:^|\s)[A-Z]?[a-z]+ly-(?=[a-z]{3,})(?:[.,?!]?\s|$)

# Smart quotes should match
\s’[^.?!‘’]+’[^.?!‘’]+‘[^.?!‘’]+’|\s‘[^.?!‘’]+’[^.?!‘’]+’[^.?!‘’]+’|\s”[^.?!“”]+”[^.?!“”]+“[^.?!“”]+”|\s“[^.?!“”]+”[^.?!“”]+”[^.?!“”]+”

# Don't use `requires that` + `to be`
# https://twitter.com/nyttypos/status/1894816551435641027
\brequires that \w+\b[^.]+to be\b

# A fully parenthetical sentence’s period goes inside the parentheses, not outside.
# https://twitter.com/nyttypos/status/1898844061873639490
\([A-Z][a-z]{2,}(?: [a-z]+){3,}\)\.\s

# Complete sentences shouldn't be in the middle of another sentence as a parenthetical.
(?<!\.)(?<!\betc)\.\),

# Complete sentences in parentheticals should not have a space before the period.
\s\.\)(?!.*\}\})

# This probably indicates Mojibake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojibake
# You probably should try to unbake this content
Ã(?:Â[¤¶¥]|[£¢])|Ã

# Should be `HH:MM:SS`
\bHH:SS:MM\b

# Should be `86400` (seconds in a standard day)
\b84600\b(?:.*\bday\b)

# Should probably be `2006-01-02` (yyyy-mm-dd)
# Assuming that the time is being passed to https://go.dev/src/time/format.go
\b2006-02-01\b

# Should probably be `YYYYMMDD`
\b[Yy]{4}[Dd]{2}[Mm]{2}(?!.*[Yy]{4}[Dd]{2}[Mm]{2}).*$

# Should be `a priori` or `and prior`
(?i)(?<!posteriori)\sand priori\s

# Should be `a`
\san (?=(?:[b-df-gj-npqtv-xz]|h(?!our|tml|ttp)|r(?!c\b)|s(?!sh|vg))[a-z])

# Articles generally shouldn't be used without a noun and a verb
# - Perhaps you're missing a verb between the noun and the second article.
# - Or, perhaps you should remove the first verb and treat the intervening word as a verb?
# - In some cases you should add a `,` between the noun and the second article.
\s(?:an?|the(?! action))\s(?!way|wh|how\b)[A-Za-z][a-z]+[a-qs-z]\s(?:a(?! bit)n?|the)\s

# Should only be one of `a`, `an`, or `the`
\b(?:(?:an?|the)\s+){2,}\b

# Should be a list `something, a second thing, or a third thing` or `something, a thing to do a thing`
# -- This rule is experimental, if you find it has a high false-positive rate, please let the maintainer know
#(?:^|[?!.] )[^()?!;,.]+, a(?:\s+(?!to\b)\w+)+?\s+an?\b

# Should only be `are` or `can`, not both
\b(?:(?:are|can)\s+){2,}\b

# Should probably be `ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ`
(?i)(?!ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ)ABC[A-Z]{21}YZ

# Should be `an`
#(?<!\b[Ii] |\.)\bam\b

# Should be `anymore`
\bany more[,.]

# Should be `Ask`
(?:^|[.?]\s+)As\s+[A-Z][a-z]{2,}\s[^.?]*?(?:how|if|wh\w+)\b

# Should be `at one fell swoop`
# and only when talking about killing, not some other completion
# Act 4 Scene 3, Macbeth
# https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=macbeth&Act=4&Scene=3&Scope=scene
\bin one fell s[lw]?oop\b

# Should be `'`
(?i)\b(?:(?:i|s?he|they|what|who|you)[`"]ll|(?:are|ca|did|do|does|ha[ds]|have|is|should|were|wo|would)n[`"]t|(?:s?he|let|that|there|what|where|who)[`"]s|(?:i|they|we|what|who|you)[`"]ve)\b

# Should be `background` / `intro text` / `introduction` / `prologue` unless it's a brand or relates to _subterfuge_
(?i)\bpretext\b

# Should be `bearer`
\b(?<=the )burden(?= of bad news\b)

# Should be `bona`
# unless talking about bones
\bbone(?= fide\b)

# Should be `branches`
# ... unless it's really about the meal that replaces breakfast and lunch.
\b[Bb]runches\b

# Should be `briefcase`
\bbrief-case\b

# Should be `by far` or `far and away`
\bby far and away\b

# Should be `by and large`
\bby in large\b

# Should be `bytes`
# unless talking about sports where a team gets to skip a game, or
# saying `goodbyes` (even this is questionable)
(?<!\\)\bbyes\b

# Should be `can, not only ..., ... also...`
\bcan not only.*can also\b

# Should be `cannot` (or `can't`)
# See https://www.grammarly.com/blog/cannot-or-can-not/
# > Don't use `can not` when you mean `cannot`. The only time you're likely to see `can not` written as separate words is when the word `can` happens to precede some other phrase that happens to start with `not`.
# > `Can't` is a contraction of `cannot`, and it's best suited for informal writing.
# > In formal writing and where contractions are frowned upon, use `cannot`.
# > It is possible to write `can not`, but you generally find it only as part of some other construction, such as `not only . . . but also.`
# - if you encounter such a case, add a pattern for that case to patterns.txt.
\b[Cc]an not\b(?! only\b)

# Should be `chart`
(?i)\bhelm\b.*\bchard\b

# Do not use `(click) here` links
# For more information, see:
# * https://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/noClickHere
# * https://webaim.org/techniques/hypertext/link_text
# * https://granicus.com/blog/why-click-here-links-are-bad/
# * https://heyoka.medium.com/dont-use-click-here-f32f445d1021
(?i)(?:>|\[)(?:(?:click |)here|this(?=\]\([^\)]+:/)|link|(?:read |)more(?!</value))(?:</|\]\()

# Including "image of" or "picture of" in alt text is unnecessary.
\balt=['"](?:an? |)(?:image|picture) of

# Alt text should be short
\balt=(?:'[^']{126,}'|"[^"]{126,}")

# Should be `effect`
(?<=\btake )affect\b

# Should be `-endian`
\b(?i)(?<=big|little) endian\b

# Should be `equals` to `is equal to`
\bequals to\b

# Should be `ECMA` 262 (JavaScript)
(?i)\bTS\/EMCA\b|\bEMCA(?: \d|\s*Script)|\bEMCA\b(?=.*\bTS\b)

# Should be `ECMA` 340 (Near Field Communications)
(?i)EMCA[- ]340

# Should be `fall back`
\bfallback(?= to)\b

# Should be `for`, `for, to` or `to`
\b(?:for to|to for)\b

# Should be `GitHub`
(?<![&*.]|// |\b(?:from|import|type) )\bGithub\b(?![{()])

# Should be `GitLab`
(?<![&*.]|// |\b(?:from|import|type) )\bGitlab\b(?![{()])

# Should be `heartrending` unless talking about drawing hearts
\b(?i)heart[- ]rendering\b(?![^.?!]*(?:hearts|quirk))

# Should probably be `https://`...
# Markdown generally doesn't assume that links are to urls
\]\(www\.\w

# Should be `intents and purposes`
(?<=[Ff]or all )intensive purposes\b

# Should be `JavaScript`
\bJavascript\b

# Should be `macOS` or `Mac OS X` or ...
\bMacOS\b

# Should be `Microsoft`
\bMicroSoft\b

# Should be `OAuth`
(?:^|[^-/*$])[ '"]oAuth(?: [a-z]|\d+ |[^ a-zA-Z0-9:;_.()])

# Should be `RabbitMQ`
\bRabbitmq\b

# Should be `TensorFlow`
\bTensorflow\b

# Should be `TypeScript`
\bTypescript\b

# Should be `another`
\ban[- ]other(?!-)\b

# Should be `case-(in)sensitive`
\bcase (?:in|)sensitive\b

# Should be `coinciding`
\bco-inciding\b

# Should be `deprecation warning(s)`
\b[Dd]epreciation [Ww]arnings?\b

# Should be `greater than`
\bgreater then\b

# Should be `has`
\b[Ii]t only have\b

# Should be `here-in`, `the`, `them`, `this`, `these` or reworded in some other way
\bthe here(?:\.|,| (?!and|defined))

# Should be `going to bed` or `going to a bad`
\bgoing to bad(?!-)\b

# Should be `greater than`
#\bhigher than\b

# Should be `ID` (unless it's a flag/property)
#(?<![-\.])\bId\b(?![(])

# Should be `in front of`
\bin from of\b

# Should be `into`
# when not phrasal and when `in order to` would be wrong:
# https://thewritepractice.com/into-vs-in-to/
\sin to\s(?!if\b)

# Should be `use`
\sin used by\b

# Should be `in-depth` if used as an adjective (but `in depth` when used as an adverb)
\bin depth\s(?!rather\b)\w{6,}

# Should be `in-flight` or `on the fly` (unless actually talking about airline flights)
\bon[- ]flight\b(?!=\s+(?:(?:\w{2}|)\d+|availability|booking|computer|data|delay|departure|management|performance|radar|reservation|scheduling|software|status|ticket|time|type|.*(?:hotel|taxi)))

# Should be `is obsolete`
\bis obsolescent\b

# Should be `it's` or `its`
(?<![.'])\bits['’]

# Should be `its`
\bit's(?= (?:child|only purpose|own(?:er|)|parent|sibling)\b)

# Should be `for its` (possessive) or `because it is`
\bfor it(?:'s| is)\b

# Should be `lends`
\bleads(?= credence)

# Should be `log in`
\blogin to the

# Should be `long-standing`
\blong standing\b

# Should be `lose`
(?<=\bwill )loose\b

# `apt-key` is deprecated
# ... instead you should be writing a pair of files:
# ... * the gpg key added to a distinct key ring file based on your project/distro/key...
# ... * the sources.list in a district file -- not simply appended to `/etc/apt/sources.list` -- (there is a newer format [DEB822](https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/dpkg-dev/deb822.5.en.html)) that references the gpg key.
# Consider:
# ````sh
# curl http://download.something.example.com/$DISTRO/Release.key | \
#     gpg --dearmor --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/something-distro.gpg
# echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/something-distro.gpg] http://download.something.example.com/repositories/home:/$DISTRO ./" \
#     >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/something-distro.list
# ````
\bapt-key add\b

# Should be `nearby`
\bnear by\b

# Should probably be a person named `Nick` or the abbreviation `NIC`
\bNic\b

# Should be `not supposed`
\bsupposed not\b

# Should be `Once this` or `On this` or even `One that`. Rarely `One, this`
[?!.] One this\b

# Should probably be `much more`
\bmore much\b

# Should be `perform its`
\bperform it's\b

# Should be `opt-in`
(?<!\scan|for)(?<!\smust)(?<!\sif)\sopt in\s

# Should be `out-of-date` if acting as an adjective before a noun
\bout of date(?= \w{3,}\b)

# Should be `less than`
\bless then\b

# Should be `load balancer`
\b[Ll]oud balancer

# Should be `moot`
\bmute point\b

# Should be `one of`
(?<!-)\bon of\b

# Should be `on the other hand`
\b(?i)on another hand\b

# Reword to `on at runtime` or `enabled at launch`
# The former if you mean it can be changed dynamically.
# The latter if you mean that it can be changed without recompiling but not after the program starts.
\bswitched on runtime\b

# Should be `Of course,`
[?.!]\s+Of course\s(?=[-\w\s]+[.?;!,])

# Most people only have two hands. Reword.
\b(?i)on the third hand\b

# Should be `Open Graph`
# unless talking about a specific Open Graph implementation:
# - Java
# - Node
# - Py
# - Ruby
\bOpenGraph\b

# Should be `OpenShift`
\bOpenshift\b

# Should be `otherwise`
\bother[- ]wise\b

# Should be `; otherwise` or `. Otherwise`
# https://study.com/learn/lesson/otherwise-in-a-sentence.html
, [Oo]therwise\b

# Should probably be `Otherwise,`
(?<=\. )Otherwise\s

# Should be `or (more|less)`
\bore (?:more|less)\b

# Should be `or`
\b(?i)true of .*false\b

# Should be `pale`
\b(?<=beyond the )pail\b

# Should be reworded.
# `passthrough` is an adjective
# `pass-through` could be a noun
# `pass through` would be a verb phrase
\b(?i)passthrough(?= an?\b)

# Should be `rather than`
\brather then\b

# Should be `Red Hat`
\bRed[Hh]at\b

# Should be `regardless, ...` or `regardless of (whether)`
\b[Rr]egardless if you\b

# Should be `self-signed`
\bself signed\b

# Should be `SendGrid`
\bSendgrid\b

# Should be `set up` (`setup` is a noun / `set up` is a verb)
\b[Ss]etup(?= (?:an?|the)\b)

# Should be `state`
\bsate(?=\b|[A-Z])|(?<=[a-z])Sate(?=\b|[A-Z])|(?<=[A-Z]{2})Sate(?=\b|[A-Z])

# Should be `this`
\b[Tt]oday(?= morning\b)

# Should be `let's` or `let us`
\b[Ll]ets (?=throw\.)

# Should be `no longer needed`
\bno more needed\b(?! than\b)

# Should be `<see|look> below for the`
(?i)\bfind below the\b

# Should be `then any` unless there's a comparison before the `,`
, than any\b

# Should be `did not exist`
\bwere not existent\b

# Should be `nonexistent`
\bnon existing\b

# Should be `nonexistent`
\b[Nn]o[nt][- ]existent\b

# Should be `our`
\bspending out time\b

# Should be `@brief` / `@details` / `@param` / `@return` / `@retval`
(?:^\s*|(?:\*|//|/*)\s+`)[\\@](?:breif|(?:detail|detials)|(?:params(?!\.)|prama?)|ret(?:uns?)|retvl)\b

# Should be `more than` or `more, then`
\bmore then\b

# Should be `Pipeline`/`pipeline`
(?:(?<=\b|[A-Z])p|P)ipeLine(?:\b|(?=[A-Z]))

# Should be `preexisting`
[Pp]re[- ]existing

# Should be `preempt`
[Pp]re[- ]empt\b

# Should be `preemptively`
[Pp]re[- ]emptively

# Should be `prepopulate`
[Pp]re[- ]populate

# Should be `prerequisite`
[Pp]re[- ]requisite

# Should be `QuickTime`
\bQuicktime\b

# Should be `recently changed` or `recent changes`
[Rr]ecent changed

# Should be `reentrancy`
[Rr]e[- ]entrancy

# Should be `reentrant`
[Rr]e[- ]entrant

# Should be `room for`
\brooms for (?!lease|rent|sale)

# Should be `socioeconomic`
# https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/socioeconomic
socio-economic

# Should be `strong suit`
\b(?:my|his|her|their) strong suite\b

# Should probably be `temperatures` unless actually talking about thermal drafts (things birds may fly on)
\bthermals\b

# Should be `there are` or `they are` (or `they're`)
(?i)\btheir are\b

# Should be `understand`
\bunder stand\b

# Should be `URI` or `uri` unless it refers to a person named `Uri` (or a flag)
#(?<![-\.])\bUri\b(?![(])

# Should be `true`
(?i)(?<![\[\]()])\brue(?:= or false)

# Should be `it uses is`
/\bis uses is\b/

# Should be `uses it as`
(?:^|\. |and )uses is as (?!an?\b|follows|livestock|[^.]+\s+as\b)

# Should be `was`
\bhas been(?= removed in v?\d)

# Should be `where`
\bwere they are\b

# Should be `why`
, way(?= is [^.]*\?)

# should be `vCenter`
\bV[Cc]enter\b

# Should be `VM`
\bVm\b

# Should be `walkthrough(s)`
\bwalk-throughs?\b

# Should be `want`
\bdon't ant\b

# Should be `we'll`
\bwe 'll\b

# Should be `week`
# unless you're really talking about people or pointers
\bevery weak[.,?!]

# Should be `well`
\b[Yy]ou(?:'re| are) doing good\b

# Should be `whereas`
\bwhere as\b

# Should be `WinGet`
\bWinget\b

# Should be `without` (unless `out` is a modifier of the next word)
\bwith out\b(?!-)

# Should be `work around`
\b[Ww]orkaround(?= an?\b)

# Should be `workarounds`
#\bwork[- ]arounds\b

# Should be `workaround`
(?:(?:[Aa]|[Tt]he|ugly)\swork[- ]around\b|\swork[- ]around\s+for)

# Should be `worst`
(?i)worse-case

# Should be `you are not` or reworded
\byour not\b

# Should be `(coarse|fine)-grained`
\b(?:coarse|fine) grained\b

# Homoglyph (Cyrillic) should be `A`/`B`/`C`/`E`/`H`/`I`/`I`/`J`/`K`/`M`/`O`/`P`/`S`/`T`/`Y`
# It's possible that your content is intentionally mixing Cyrillic and Latin scripts, but if it isn't, you definitely want to correct this.
(?<=[A-Z]{2})[АВСЕНІӀЈКМОРЅТУ]|[АВСЕНІӀЈКМОРЅТУ](?=[A-Z]+(?:\b|[a-z]+)|[a-z]+(?:[^a-z]|$))

# Homoglyph (Cyrillic) should be `a`/`b`/`c`/`e`/`o`/`p`/`x`/`y`
# It's possible that your content is intentionally mixing Cyrillic and Latin scripts, but if it isn't, you definitely want to correct this.
[авсеорху](?=[A-Za-z]{2,})|(?<=[A-Za-z]{2})[авсеорху]|(?<=[A-Za-z])[авсеорху](?=[A-Za-z])

# Should be `neither/nor` -- or reword
#(?<!do )\bnot\b([^.?!"/(](?!neither|,.*?,))+\bnor\b

# Should be `neither/nor` (plus rewording the beginning)
# This is probably a double negative...
\bnot\b[^.?!"/(]*\bneither\b[^.?!"/(]*\bnor\b

# In English, duplicated words are generally mistakes
# There are a few exceptions (e.g. "that that").
# If the highlighted doubled word pair is in:
# * code, write a pattern to mask it.
# * prose, have someone read the English before you dismiss this error.
\s([A-Z]{3,}|[A-Z][a-z]{2,}|[a-z]{3,})\s\g{-1}\s