Adding exceptions to a preference
Exceptions tell PerfectIt to skip past things it would otherwise flag.
Building them in makes every review with PerfectIt faster, because you're not dismissing the same false positives over and over.
Example
A good way to simplify text is to replace approximately with about:
about (
notapproximately)
But “approximately equal” sounds better than “about equal”. Make that an exception:
about (
notapproximately) except for approximately equal
The three exception types
Reserved words | What PerfectIt skips |
| The term when it's part of that wider phrase |
| The term when it comes before that phrase |
| The term when it follows that phrase |