rewrite-proselisted

## Meaning Preserve tone of voice. Preserve meaning exactly. Ask author when sentence is ambiguous. Replace awkward constructions with cleaner ones of same meaning. ## Tense Use present tense instead of `will`, except when future is point. ## Clichés Cut clichés like `at the end of the day` or `needless to say`. Cut `low-hanging fruit` and `circle back` too. Cut tautologies like `end result`, `each and every`, or `free gift`. Cut throat-clearing openers like `it is worth noting` or `here is the thing`. Cut manufactured `not just X, but Y` contrast and state point directly. Replace vague declarative like `the reasons are structural` with specifics. Drop empty absolutes like `always` or `never` unless they hold literally. Rewrite any sentence engineered to read like pull-quote. ## Lists Use Oxford comma in lists of three or more. Complete every list or name its category. Drop trailing `etc.`, `and so on`, `and so forth`, or ellipses. ## Dashes Separate two clauses with period or recast sentence rather than em dash. ## Voice Prefer active voice unless actor is unknown or irrelevant. Give every verb subject that can perform it. Cut false agency where abstraction acts like person. Name real actor in phrases like `the decision emerges`. ## Filler Cut filler words like `very`, `really`, `just`, and `actually`. Cut `basically` and `essentially` too. Replace `very X` with stronger single word. Replace `in order to` with `to`. ## Diction Prefer Anglo-Saxon words over Lat