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+# docs: https://vale.sh/docs/topics/config/
+StylesPath = assets/writing-styles
+
+MinAlertLevel = suggestion
+
+Packages = Microsoft
+
+[formats]
+# Format associations appear under
+# the optional "formats" section.
+qmd = md
+
+# docs: IPA Writing Guidelines https://ipastorage.box.com/shared/static/exej2k7pzsr9clr9hxdie70zaiv78j2k.docx
+[*.{md,qmd}]
+BasedOnStyles = IPA, Microsoft
+
+IPA.Tense = NO
+IPA.ThereIs = NO
+IPA.TooWordy = NO
+IPA.Weasel = NO
+IPA.Abbreviations = NO
+
+Microsoft.Acronyms = NO
+Microsoft.AMPM = NO
+Microsoft.Foreign = NO
+Microsoft.Passive = NO
+Microsoft.Semicolon = NO
+Microsoft.SentenceLength = NO
+Microsoft.HeadingAcronyms = NO
+Microsoft.HeadingPunctuation = NO
+Microsoft.Headings = NO
+Microsoft.Gender = NO
+Microsoft.Contractions = NO
+Microsoft.OxfordComma = NO
+Microsoft.Vocab = NO
+Microsoft.We = NO
+Microsoft.Wordiness = NO
+Microsoft.Spacing = NO
+Microsoft.Negative = NO
+Microsoft.Quotes = NO