tellmarkcatalogue 0.2.0 · 26 entries · 3 annotated

The catalogue, annotated

One article per catalogue entry: what Tellmark counts, why the pattern is AI-typical, and how to edit it out. Every article is assayed by the tool before publication and carries its own TDI in the footer — including the awkward ones.

ABOUTTDI 1.4

About Tellmark

A linter for prose, not a detector. What this tool does, who it serves, and why the name.

L-01TDI 11.9

Delve: how one verb became the signature of machine prose

The most famous lexical tell in the catalogue, its strange history, and why scrubbing it fixes less than you think.

S-03TDI 2.8

Burstiness: why sentence rhythm gives machine prose away

The most robust structural signal Tellmark tracks, the mathematics behind it, and a deadline-proof way to restore a pulse.

S-06TDI 4.0

The antithesis template: negate, pivot, inflate

The strongest sentence-level fingerprint in the catalogue, its classical ancestry, and what should replace it.

L-02

Throat-clearing: the importance markers that assert nothing

In preparation.

S-02

The em-dash problem — and why rate, not the dash, is the tell

In preparation.

L-13

In conclusion: why machine prose announces its own endings

In preparation.

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