Automattic / Automattic/harper

False positive: Sentence capitalization of sentence in brackets

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bug harper-core linting
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Description

**What got flagged?**
```md
I like pizza. (Well, food is nice.)
```

The word "food" with `This sentence does not start with a capital letter Harper: SentenceCapitalization`

**Why is this incorrect?**
The sentence is correct.

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Removing the brackets, the word "food" is not falsely flagged anymore.

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the Markdown example and tracing the SentenceCapitalization diagnostic for sentences inside brackets. Done means the correctly capitalized sentence in parentheses is no longer falsely flagged, while the reported behavior for the equivalent text without brackets remains correct.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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