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F.19:8 - Common anti-patterns and how to avoid them

Anti-patternSymptomRepair
Lexical paintOne umbrella word is replaced by another while the object kind stays hidden.Recover the object kind and rewrite in the object’s technical name.
Hypergeneric repairThe rewrite uses object, item, value, relation, record, condition, basis, material, or specialization to sound precise while hiding the actual object, relation, rule, or action.Restore the practitioner-recognizable object and relation; for specialization, say what specializes what, by which specialization relation, and which inherited or changed slots or uses matter.
Plain-language driftSmooth prose drops the kind named by value or admissible-use boundary.Remove apparatus first, then restore remaining wording precision before shortening.
Flow smugglingDevelopment, projection, landing, or evaluation evidence is written as user-facing guidance.Move the evidence to the review record, quality result, projection record, release document, or other appropriate evidence document and keep only the resulting user-facing action or boundary.
Role-shaped label as ontologyThe word role is treated as one technical value or replaces the object kind.Keep the phrase as content; use E.10.ROLE when ordinary reading leaves the actual claim unresolved; do not infer a branch from the word alone.
Function-shaped label as ontologyThe word function is treated as one technical value or as proof of functioning, capability, assignment, or Work.Keep the phrase as content; use A.6.F when ordinary reading leaves the claim unresolved; allow metonymy or several simultaneous readings without copying its dispatch here.
False common headOne grammatical subject is made to select, compare, carry, publish, and evaluate unlike things.Split the claims using F.19:4’s coordination-and-list move; use E.10:0.2c.17 for unresolved FPF meaning and retain only heads that fit every listed member.
Slot label as ontologyA slot, field, relation-position, or use-relation label replaces the object kind, or the same object in several slots or relation positions is treated as several kinds.Preserve object kind, slot, relation position, and use separately; cite the specific pattern only when its definition, constraint, or test is needed.
Apparatus-looking data structureA record, card, table, schema, dashboard, or data-structure word is kept because it sounds precise, but it does not carry the EntityOfConcern, slot relation, publication boundary, admissible use, or next action.Remove it, or use E.24.CD, E.24.PUB, or the specific content pattern when the structure really carries a candidate-ontic, publication, or domain relation.
Unsupported negative classificationThe sentence introduces one or more alternative classes only to reject them, although the exact reading fails F.19:4’s grounded-contribution test.State the positive object and action. Retain a negative alternative only under the full independent-ground, plausible-reader, contribution, and smallest-clear-correction test.
Over-annotation as precisionThe rewrite replaces a clear domain sentence with type labels, source-ontology tags, or slot names that do not change the claim.Keep the domain sentence and annotate only the term or relation under repair.
Triggerless formal expansionA PatternID citation becomes an “exact direct current subject owner”, ClaimGraph, Method, actor, assignment, or Work claim even though no alternative identity changes the result.Keep the ordinary citation and action. Open the formal branch only after naming the contrast or later use that consumes it.
Overformalized precisionThe rewrite preserves all terms but makes the sentence harder to think with or generalize from.Keep the content-bearing kind and claim, drop apparatus that changes neither, and use a plain technical sentence plus a reference named by value where needed.
Apparatus-preserving paraphraseA rewrite changes wording but keeps the same status, process, or quality-proof apparatus.Return to the apparatus-and-content split and repair by value.
Truthful noiseA true denial or caveat answers an implausible question introduced by the sentence itself.Remove the invented question and state the positive claim or action.
Impossible agency under denialAn incapable subject receives a predicate only so the prose can deny it.Name the capable participant and allocate the action positively.
Missing operand as eleganceA verb or relational noun omits the value that determines the operation or relation.Restore the participant unless one intended value is cheaply and uniquely local.
Enumeration as coverageExamples, near-synonyms, abstract pairs, or several kinds simulate breadth but do not state a usable proposition.Put the proposition first; mark examples; retain only independently consequential members.
Locally valid accumulationEvery pair or modifier passes alone, but nested coordination creates a catalogue and delays the message.Summarize, subordinate, split, or delete by contribution and foreground the governing clause.
Trigger as verdictA word list bans normal metonymy, negation, long sets, or expressive prose, or its silence is treated as clearance.Use triggers only to locate candidates; decide from the whole span and declared use.
Checklist explosionOne semantic reading becomes separate forms or progress items for valency, agency, kind, referent, lists, and style.Perform one connected repair and return the repaired text; use comparison evidence when the receiving decision needs it.