# Test File for Linting

## Background

This is a test `.MD` file for VA.gov Vale Plain Language Linting rules.


#### Contractions

##### The following words should raise warnings:

Please use it's it is it has

Would've
Could've
Should've

#### Conversational Tone
When referring to VA, use the first-person pronoun (we, us, our).
When referring to Veterans, service members, family member, use the second person pronoun (you, your)

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#### Sentence-case capitalization
We use sentence-case capitalization for most content, including page titles, headings, subheadings, buttons, and text links unless a word is a proper noun.

(Examples of proper nouns: “VA.gov,” the word “Veteran" or "Veterans," official VA program names, state names, names of federal agencies, days of the week, months, book titles)

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- VA specific proper nouns (Brand.yml)
- VA Program names (Brand.yml or Jargon.yml)
- State names
- Federal agencies
- Days of the week, months
- Book titles  -->

#### Time
--Write out times, using a.m. and p.m. with periods: for example, 9:00 a.m. NOT: 9 am or 9 a.m.
--Spell out noon and midnight. Don’t use 12:00 p.m. or 12:00 a.m.

#### Specific style and formatting of commonly used words on VA.gov

--service member: this should be lowercase and two words. Don't write as Servicemember
--active duty: Hyphenate when it modifies a noun and don’t capitalize. (for example, active-duty service member
--federal: don't capitalize for generic usage (for example, federal agency)
--GI: this shouldn't have any periods. Don't write as G.I.
--PO Box: this shouldn't have any periods. Don't write as P.O. Box
--service connected: Don't hyphenate unless it appears before a noun (for example, service-connected disability)
--sign in, sign out: We use sign in/sign out on VA.gov. Don’t use log in, log out, login ID, or sign on.