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[checks] Add check for `\pnum Implementations should`

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Description

We have a surprising amount of violations of the form

\pnum
Implementations should ...

I'm pretty sure that every one of those ought to be

\pnum
\recommended
Implementations should ...

There are also some "Implementations should" inside of notes and examples, which may be a bit undesirable, but it's not obvious whether or how to fix those cases. It's also harder to detect/fix the cases where "Implementations should" appears in some longer paragraph.

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Research direction

The issue names no checker file or test. Start by locating the repository's existing checks for TeX source patterns, then inspect how they handle \pnum and \recommended. Done means the check reliably flags direct "Implementations should" paragraphs while leaving notes, examples, and longer paragraphs outside the stated scope.

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tex
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Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
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1-2 days
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