| name | oiticica-comma |
| description | Apply Oiticica's comma concept in modern English with concise rules, objective rubrics, and concrete contrast. |
Oiticica Comma
Use this skill when reviewing or rewriting English prose where comma is the controlling issue.
Source concept: The comma marks coordination, interpolation, parenthesis, apposition, enumeration, ellipsis, inversion, and similar local relations.
Rules
- Use commas to show sentence structure, not breathing alone.
- Separate introductory conditions, parenthetic material, appositives, coordinate items, and displaced adverbials when needed.
- Do not separate a subject from its verb or a verb from its object without an intervening structure.
- Use commas to prevent misreading.
Review Shape
Use the source-model shape for strong models:
Principle:
<oiticica-comma: 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-comma: 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-comma.
If the prompt says source-model or source-model paraphrase, copy the supplied example in Preserve and do not use repair headings.
Objective Rubric
- Each comma has a named structural job.
- No comma interrupts a direct grammatical bond.
- Parenthetic and restrictive material are distinguished.
- The punctuation removes ambiguity.
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.