no-em-dash-overuse
Flags excessive em dashes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Kind | Hard rule |
| Engine | density |
| Tier | statistical |
| Severity | warning |
| Intent | detection |
| Scope | text |
Why
Use this signal as a prompt to revise rhythm and density, not as a hard prohibition.
Examples
Flagged
The court—wisely—paused.
Better
The court wisely paused.
Turning it off
lawlint --disable no-em-dash-overuse draft.mdOr durably, in .lawlint/config.json — see Configuration.