Variable: checkdoc-common-verbs-wrong-voice

checkdoc-common-verbs-wrong-voice is a variable defined in checkdoc.el.gz.

Value

(("adds" . "add")
 ("allows" . "allow")
 ("appends" . "append")
 ("applies" . "apply")
 ("arranges" . "arrange")
 ("brings" . "bring")
 ("calls" . "call")
 ("catches" . "catch")
 ("changes" . "change")
 ("checks" . "check")
 ("contains" . "contain")
 ("converts" . "convert")
 ("creates" . "create")
 ("defines" . "define")
 ("destroys" . "destroy")
 ("determines" . "determine")
 ("disables" . "disable")
 ("echoes" . "echo")
 ("executes" . "execute")
 ("extends" . "extend")
 ("evals" . "evaluate")
 ("evaluates" . "evaluate")
 ("finds" . "find")
 ("forces" . "force")
 ("gathers" . "gather")
 ("generates" . "generate")
 ("goes" . "go")
 ("guesses" . "guess")
 ("highlights" . "highlight")
 ("holds" . "hold")
 ("ignores" . "ignore")
 ("indents" . "indent")
 ("initializes" . "initialize")
 ("inserts" . "insert")
 ("installs" . "install")
 ("investigates" . "investigate")
 ("keeps" . "keep")
 ("kills" . "kill")
 ("leaves" . "leave")
 ("lets" . "let")
 ("loads" . "load")
 ("looks" . "look")
 ("makes" . "make")
 ("marks" . "mark")
 ("moves" . "move")
 ("notifies" . "notify")
 ("offers" . "offer")
 ("parses" . "parse")
 ("performs" . "perform")
 ("prepares" . "prepare")
 ("prepends" . "prepend")
 ("prompts" . "prompt")
 ("reads" . "read")
 ("raises" . "raise")
 ("removes" . "remove")
 ("replaces" . "replace")
 ("resets" . "reset")
 ("restores" . "restore")
 ("returns" . "return")
 ("runs" . "run")
 ("saves" . "save")
 ("says" . "say")
 ("searches" . "search")
 ("selects" . "select")
 ("sets" . "set")
 ("sex" . "s*x")
 ("shows" . "show")
 ("signifies" . "signify")
 ("sorts" . "sort")
 ("starts" . "start")
 ("steps" . "step")
 ("stores" . "store")
 ("switches" . "switch")
 ("tells" . "tell")
 ("tests" . "test")
 ("toggles" . "toggle")
 ("tries" . "try")
 ("turns" . "turn")
 ("undoes" . "undo")
 ("unloads" . "unload")
 ("unmarks" . "unmark")
 ("updates" . "update")
 ("uses" . "use")
 ("yanks" . "yank"))

Documentation

Alist of common words in the wrong voice and what should be used instead.

Set checkdoc-verb-check-experimental-flag to nil to avoid this costly and experimental check. Do not modify this list without setting the value of checkdoc-common-verbs-regexp to nil which cause it to be re-created.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/checkdoc.el.gz
;;;###autoload(put 'checkdoc-common-verbs-regexp 'safe-local-variable 'stringp)

(defvar checkdoc-common-verbs-wrong-voice
  '(("adds" . "add")
    ("allows" . "allow")
    ("appends" . "append")
    ("applies" . "apply")
    ("arranges" . "arrange")
    ("brings" . "bring")
    ("calls" . "call")
    ("catches" . "catch")
    ("changes" . "change")
    ("checks" . "check")
    ("contains" . "contain")
    ("converts" . "convert")
    ("creates" . "create")
    ("defines" . "define")
    ("destroys" . "destroy")
    ("determines" . "determine")
    ("disables" . "disable")
    ("echoes" . "echo")
    ("executes" . "execute")
    ("extends" . "extend")
    ("evals" . "evaluate")
    ("evaluates" . "evaluate")
    ("finds" . "find")
    ("forces" . "force")
    ("gathers" . "gather")
    ("generates" . "generate")
    ("goes" . "go")
    ("guesses" . "guess")
    ("highlights" . "highlight")
    ("holds" . "hold")
    ("ignores" . "ignore")
    ("indents" . "indent")
    ("initializes" . "initialize")
    ("inserts" . "insert")
    ("installs" . "install")
    ("investigates" . "investigate")
    ("keeps" . "keep")
    ("kills" . "kill")
    ("leaves" . "leave")
    ("lets" . "let")
    ("loads" . "load")
    ("looks" . "look")
    ("makes" . "make")
    ("marks" . "mark")
    ;;("matches" . "match") ; Leads to almost only false positives.
    ("moves" . "move")
    ("notifies" . "notify")
    ("offers" . "offer")
    ("parses" . "parse")
    ("performs" . "perform")
    ("prepares" . "prepare")
    ("prepends" . "prepend")
    ("prompts" . "prompt")
    ("reads" . "read")
    ("raises" . "raise")
    ("removes" . "remove")
    ("replaces" . "replace")
    ("resets" . "reset")
    ("restores" . "restore")
    ("returns" . "return")
    ("runs" . "run")
    ("saves" . "save")
    ("says" . "say")
    ("searches" . "search")
    ("selects" . "select")
    ("sets" . "set")
    ("sex" . "s*x")
    ("shows" . "show")
    ("signifies" . "signify")
    ("sorts" . "sort")
    ("starts" . "start")
    ("steps" . "step")
    ("stores" . "store")
    ("switches" . "switch")
    ("tells" . "tell")
    ("tests" . "test")
    ("toggles" . "toggle")
    ("tries" . "try")
    ("turns" . "turn")
    ("undoes" . "undo")
    ("unloads" . "unload")
    ("unmarks" . "unmark")
    ("updates" . "update")
    ("uses" . "use")
    ("yanks" . "yank")
    )
  "Alist of common words in the wrong voice and what should be used instead.
Set `checkdoc-verb-check-experimental-flag' to nil to avoid this costly
and experimental check.  Do not modify this list without setting
the value of `checkdoc-common-verbs-regexp' to nil which cause it to
be re-created.")