| name | oiticica-solecism |
| description | Apply Oiticica's solecism concept in modern English with concise rules, objective rubrics, and concrete contrast. |
Oiticica Solecism
Use this skill when reviewing or rewriting English prose where solecism is the controlling issue.
Source concept: Solecism is an error of syntax.
Rules
- Find broken agreement, case, government, comparison, modifier attachment, and clause relation.
- Name the syntactic relation that fails.
- Correct by restoring the relation, not by rewriting the whole passage.
- Keep deliberate character speech when the task asks for dialogue or dialect.
Review Shape
Use the source-model shape for strong models:
Principle:
<oiticica-solecism: one sentence naming the concept>
Preserve:
<supplied example text>
Why:
<why the model satisfies the concept>
Rubric:
<at least two objective checks, each marked Pass or Fail>
Use the repair shape for weak passages:
Principle:
<oiticica-solecism: one sentence naming the concept>
Weak:
<small passage or paraphrase>
Fault:
<name the exact broken relation>
Better:
<corrected version>
Why:
<explain how the revision restores the relation>
Rubric:
<at least two objective checks, each marked Pass or Fail>
Start Principle with the exact skill name oiticica-solecism.
If the prompt says source-model or source-model paraphrase, copy the supplied example in Preserve and do not use repair headings.
Objective Rubric
- The review identifies the exact syntactic fault.
- The repair changes only the words needed to restore syntax.
- The actor and object remain the same.
- The result reads as current standard English.
Pass only when every applicable check passes. If correctness fails, fix or name that failure before judging style.
English Rule
Apply modern English grammar, punctuation, morphology, idiom, and prosody. Do not transfer Portuguese orthography or grammar into English.
Source Boundary
Source notes live in references/notes.md.
Do not invent source quotations. If an example is labeled as a paraphrase or invented passage, preserve that boundary in the review.
When a task asks for a Preserve section, copy the supplied example text exactly; do not replace it with imagined source prose.