I keep getting dinged for using a ‘vague’ word when I refer to a character as ‘the man’ or ‘the woman’ outside of dialogue. I’m just curious, why is this (especially if they’re the only person with that gender in the scene) considered vague?
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It looks like this particular word pops up as vague with only the stricter Style Analysis setting “Proofreading”, and in the “reword” mode - have you found it triggering with the others as well?