error · Section 1: Words

Rule 1.13: Do not use technical verbs as nouns

Use a technical verb only as a verb — never convert it into a noun. Its past-participle form may still be used as an adjective.

What a checker looks for

A clear deviation from the rule.

Flag a technical verb used as a noun, typically after 'the' or as the object of 'do' (e.g. 'the reaming of the hole', 'do a ream').

The past-participle form used as an adjective (e.g. 'the reamed hole') is compliant — 'reamed hole' is itself a technical noun, not a rule 1.13 violation.
'Calibration' is an approved dictionary noun, not a technical verb used as a noun — a sentence like 'The calibration must be done' is not a rule 1.13 case (it may raise a passive-voice question under rule 3.4/3.6 instead).

Rewrite the sentence so the technical verb is used as a verb in an imperative or active-voice instruction, instead of as a noun.

Keep the instruction's meaning identical.
Do not invent an unstated object or agent when rewriting (e.g. do not add 'the system' if the source text does not name it).

Not STE: Do the reaming of the hole.

STE: Ream the hole.

'reaming' used as a noun is converted back into the verb 'ream'.

A rule a checker can test is a rule a model can be held to. The same discipline, on the governance side of this site.

Hallucination
An approved word used in an unapproved sense is the controlled-language version of a plausible wrong answer.
Misinformation and confabulation
The register entry for text that reads correctly and is not.
Output validation guardrails
A controlled language is a checkable output constraint. This is the control that treats model output as something to be checked rather than trusted.

ASD-STE100 Issue 9, Section 1 - Words, page 1-1-16.

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