Docs fix — style: path /explore-analyze/alerting/alerts — 16 pages

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Path /explore-analyze/alerting/alerts · 16 total in scope · subtree corpus 16 pages.

## Findings (20)

```yaml
- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-common-issues.md
line: 84
category: word-choice
severity: medium
evidence: "'may produce unexpected results' — Elastic.WordChoice prefers 'can' or 'might' over 'may'"
suggested_fix: |
Rules that consistently run longer than their check interval might produce unexpected results.

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-common-issues.md
line: 158
category: word-choice
severity: medium
evidence: "'unable to use runtime fields' — Elastic.WordChoice prefers 'cannot' over 'unable'"
suggested_fix: |
If you cannot use runtime fields, make sure this aggregation targets `event.duration`...

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-setup.md
line: 25
category: word-choice
severity: medium
evidence: "'unable to access {{kib}} {{alert-features}}' — Elastic.WordChoice prefers 'cannot' over 'unable'"
suggested_fix: |
If you cannot access {{kib}} {{alert-features}}, ensure that you have not...

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-setup.md
line: 113
category: word-choice
severity: medium
evidence: "'you may wish to limit' — Elastic.WordChoice prefers 'can' or 'might' over 'may'"
suggested_fix: |
For security reasons you might want to limit the extent to which {{kib}} can connect to external services.

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-troubleshooting.md
line: 24
category: word-choice
severity: medium
evidence: "'may no longer be available or valid' — Elastic.WordChoice prefers 'can' or 'might' over 'may'"
suggested_fix: |
Some resources, such as saved objects and API keys, might no longer be available or valid...

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-troubleshooting.md
line: 51
category: word-choice
severity: medium
evidence: "'Diagnosing these may be difficult - but there may be log messages' — Elastic.WordChoice prefers 'can' or 'might' over 'may' (two instances)"
suggested_fix: |
Diagnosing these can be difficult — but there might be log messages for error conditions.

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/create-manage-rules.md
line: 211
category: word-choice
severity: medium
evidence: "'Rules are disabled on export.' — Elastic.WordChoice prefers 'turned off' over 'disabled' in prose (not a UI label here)"
suggested_fix: |
Rules are turned off on export. You are prompted to re-enable the rule on successful import.

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/geo-alerting.md
line: 32
category: grammar
severity: medium
evidence: "'\"real time\",' — Elastic.QuotesPunctuation: punctuation placed outside closing quotation mark"
suggested_fix: |
Entity data should be somewhat "real time," meaning the dates of new documents...

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/rule-action-variables.md
line: 304
category: word-choice
severity: medium
evidence: "'some characters in date strings may contain values' — Elastic.WordChoice prefers 'can' or 'might' over 'may'"
suggested_fix: |
...some characters in date strings might contain values that are escaped...

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/view-alerts.md
line: 21
category: ui-writing
severity: medium
evidence: "'Insights > Alerts' — Elastic.MenuArrows: use '→' to separate menu items, not '>'"
suggested_fix: |
(**Alerts and Insights → Alerts**)

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/view-alerts.md
line: 175
category: ui-writing
severity: medium
evidence: "'Stack Management > Alerts and Insights > Rules' — Elastic.MenuArrows: use '→' to separate menu items, not '>'"
suggested_fix: |
**Stack Management → Alerts and Insights → Rules**

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-getting-started.md
line: 30
category: word-choice
severity: low
evidence: "'all of these elements' — Elastic.Wordiness prefers 'these' over 'all of these'"
suggested_fix: |
This section describes these elements and how they operate together.

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-getting-started.md
line: 122
category: word-choice
severity: low
evidence: "'some of the important differences' — Elastic.Wordiness prefers 'some' over 'some of the'"
suggested_fix: |
This section will clarify some important differences in the function and intent of the two systems.

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-setup.md
line: 104
category: grammar
severity: low
evidence: "'provide a username and password; an API key that matches...' — Elastic.Semicolons: use semicolons judiciously"
suggested_fix: |
...provide a username and password. An API key that matches the current privileges of the user is created automatically.

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-troubleshooting.md
line: 18
category: word-choice
severity: low
evidence: "'In some cases, the error might be a false positive' — Elastic.Wordiness prefers 'Sometimes' over 'In some cases'"
suggested_fix: |
Generally, the messages are warnings and errors. Sometimes the error might be a false positive...

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-troubleshooting.md
line: 35
category: word-choice
severity: low
evidence: "'In addition, the duration of the condition' — Elastic.Wordiness prefers 'Also' over 'In addition'"
suggested_fix: |
Also, the duration of the condition indicates how long the instance is active.

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/alerting-troubleshooting.md
line: 68
category: word-choice
severity: low
evidence: "'In addition, there is a command-line client' — Elastic.Wordiness prefers 'Also' over 'In addition'"
suggested_fix: |
Also, there is a command-line client that uses legacy rule APIs...

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/create-manage-rules.md
line: 81
category: grammar
severity: low
evidence: "'Checks are queued; they run as close to the defined value as capacity allows.' — Elastic.Semicolons: use semicolons judiciously"
suggested_fix: |
Checks are queued and run as close to the defined value as capacity allows.

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/create-manage-rules.md
line: 126
category: word-choice
severity: low
evidence: "'a large number of actions' — Elastic.Wordiness prefers 'many' over 'a large number of'"
suggested_fix: |
...a rule can end up generating many actions.

- file: explore-analyze/alerting/alerts/query-alerts.md
line: 17
category: grammar
severity: low
evidence: "'important configuration and internal data; do not change their mappings' — Elastic.Semicolons: use semicolons judiciously"
suggested_fix: |
...contain important configuration and internal data. Do not change their mappings.
```

## Done when
- All listed lines pass the Elastic style guide rules cited.
- A PR addressing this issue is merged.

## Notes
- `Elastic.MappedPages` frontmatter warnings and standard technical-preview boilerplate ("may be changed or removed") are excluded as they are administrative or templated content.

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