{
  "editorial_rules": {
    "principle": {
      "en": "Give the reader a scale, not an adjective."
    },
    "forbidden_words": {
      "scan_scope": [
        "headings",
        "body",
        "captions",
        "table_headers",
        "alt_text",
        "figure_labels"
      ],
      "exempt": [
        "direct_quotations_from_sources",
        "source_titles",
        "verbatim_company_statements"
      ],
      "exempt_note": {
        "en": "Verbatim quotations are exempt, but only where marked as quotations."
      },
      "en": [
        {
          "term": "merely",
          "regex": "\\bmerely\\b",
          "reason": "quantity_framed_as_small",
          "high_false_positive": false
        },
        {
          "term": "vast",
          "regex": "\\bvast(ly)?\\b",
          "reason": "quantity_framed_as_large",
          "high_false_positive": false
        },
        {
          "term": "enormous",
          "regex": "\\benormous(ly)?\\b",
          "reason": "quantity_framed_as_large",
          "high_false_positive": false
        },
        {
          "term": "staggering",
          "regex": "\\bstaggering(ly)?\\b",
          "reason": "reaction_prescribed_to_reader",
          "high_false_positive": false
        },
        {
          "term": "surprisingly",
          "regex": "\\bsurprisingly\\b",
          "reason": "reaction_prescribed_to_reader",
          "high_false_positive": false
        },
        {
          "term": "tiny",
          "regex": "\\btiny\\b",
          "reason": "quantity_framed_as_small",
          "high_false_positive": false
        },
        {
          "term": "huge",
          "regex": "\\bhuge(ly)?\\b",
          "reason": "quantity_framed_as_large",
          "high_false_positive": false
        },
        {
          "term": "massive",
          "regex": "\\bmassive(ly)?\\b",
          "reason": "quantity_framed_as_large",
          "high_false_positive": false
        },
        {
          "term": "actually",
          "regex": "\\bactually\\b",
          "reason": "implies_other_figures_are_not_real",
          "high_false_positive": true
        },
        {
          "term": "just",
          "regex": "\\bjust\\b",
          "reason": "quantity_framed_as_small",
          "high_false_positive": true
        },
        {
          "term": "only",
          "regex": "\\bonly\\b",
          "reason": "quantity_framed_as_small",
          "high_false_positive": true
        },
        {
          "term": "nevertheless",
          "regex": "\\bnevertheless\\b",
          "reason": "causal_or_evaluative_connective_between_two_facts",
          "high_false_positive": false
        }
      ],
      "high_false_positive_note": {
        "en": "just / only / actually are common in ordinary English; flag as warnings for human review, not errors."
      },
      "additions_allowed": true,
      "removals_allowed": false,
      "removals_note": {
        "en": "Per dec-B: terms may be added, never removed."
      },
      "connective_note": {
        "en": "When two facts are placed side by side, do not join them with a connective that implies cause or judgement. Juxtapose, and leave the relation to the reader."
      },
      "scope_note": "This published edition carries the English list only. The prose it governs is the English edition."
    }
  }
}