Check phrases for cliches with retext.
npm:
npm install retext-clichesretext-cliches is also available for duo, and as an AMD, CommonJS, and globals module, uncompressed and compressed.
var retext = require('retext');
var cliches = require('retext-cliches');
var report = require('vfile-reporter');
retext()
.use(cliches)
.process([
'You can use cliches until the until the cows come home.',
'Sorry to burst your bubble',
'but you will sound like a broken record.',
].join('\n'), function (err, file) {
console.log(report(file));
});Yields:
<stdin>
1:31-1:55: Warning: “until the cows come home” is a cliche
2:10-2:27: Warning: “burst your bubble” is a cliche
3:27-3:40: Warning: “broken record” is a cliche
⚠ 3 warningsCheck phrases for cliches.
Parameters
-
cliches— This plug-in; -
options(Object?, optional):ignore(Array.<string>) — List of phrases to not warn about.