| name | oiticica-hiatus |
| description | Apply Oiticica's hiatus concept in modern English with concise rules, objective rubrics, and concrete contrast. |
Oiticica Hiatus
Use this skill when reviewing or rewriting English prose where hiatus is the controlling issue.
Source concept: Hiatus is collision of vowel sounds in adjacent syllables or words.
Rules
- Check vowel collisions that make English prose stumble.
- Repair by contraction, reordering, or a more exact word when the collision is distracting.
- Do not force old prosody rules onto ordinary modern English.
- Keep hiatus when it is natural or metrically intended.
Review Shape
Use the source-model shape for strong models:
Principle:
<oiticica-hiatus: 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-hiatus: 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-hiatus.
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 vowel collision can be heard aloud.
- The correction improves ease of reading.
- The sentence remains idiomatic.
- No exact technical term is lost.
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.