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no-throat-clearing

Flags throat-clearing openers

Property Value
Kind Hard rule
Engine leading
Tier static
Severity error
Intent detection
Scope text

Why

Start with the substance. Openers that add no information should be cut.

Examples

Flagged

Let me think about this. The claim fails.

Better

The claim fails.

Turning it off

lawlint --disable no-throat-clearing draft.md

Or durably, in .lawlint/config.json — see Configuration.