---
title: "no-repetitive-openers"
description: "Flags repeated sentence openings."
sidebar:
  label: "no-repetitive-openers"
  badge: "Hard"
search:
  tags: [rule, statistical, detection]
---

| Property | Value |
| -------- | ----- |
| Kind | Hard rule |
| Engine | `statistical` |
| Tier | `statistical` |
| Severity | `warning` |
| Intent | `detection` |
| Scope | `text` |

## Examples

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Column>
    **Flagged**

    The court erred. The record shows this plainly. The remedy is reversal.
  </Column>
  <Column>
    **Better**

    The court erred. Its record shows this plainly. Reversal is the remedy.
  </Column>
</Columns>

## Turning it off

```sh
lawlint --disable no-repetitive-openers draft.md
```

Or durably, in `.lawlint/config.json` — see [Configuration](/docs/reference/configuration).