Hope this is not too greedy.
<rule id="BIG_IN_SIZE" name="Big in size, etc">
<pattern>
<token postag_regexp="yes"
postag="JJ|JJR|JJS"><exception
regexp="yes">similar|alone</exception><exception postag="VBN"/></token>
<token>in</token>
<token
regexp="yes">size|duration|color|colour|number|shape|height|nature|length|weight</token>
</pattern>
<message>A more concise phrase may lose no meaning and sound
more powerful.</message>
<suggestion>\1</suggestion>
<short>Possible redundancy</short>
<example type="correct">The man is big.</example>
<example type="correct">His speech was briefest.</example>
<example type="correct">He's absorbed in thought.</example>
<example correction="big" type="incorrect">The man is
<marker>big in size</marker>.</example>
<example correction="briefest" type="incorrect">His speech
was <marker>briefest in duration</marker>.</example>
<example correction="redder" type="incorrect">My car is
<marker>redder in color</marker>.</example>
<example correction="few" type="incorrect">Her friends were
<marker>few in number</marker>.</example>
</rule>
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