diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/EmDash.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/EmDash.yml
index 1befe72..5a81fb0 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/EmDash.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/EmDash.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 extends: existence
 message: "Don't put a space before or after a dash."
-link: 'https://developers.google.com/style/dashes'
+link: "https://developers.google.com/style/dashes"
 nonword: true
 level: error
 action:
   name: edit
   params:
-    - remove
-    - ' '
+    - trim
+    - " "
 tokens:
   - '\s[—–]\s'
+
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/EnDash.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/EnDash.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b314dc4..0000000
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/EnDash.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-extends: existence
-message: "Use an em dash ('—') instead of '–'."
-link: 'https://developers.google.com/style/dashes'
-nonword: true
-level: error
-action:
-  name: edit
-  params:
-    - replace
-    - '-'
-    - '—'
-tokens:
-  - '–'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/Exclamation.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/Exclamation.yml
index eea5fd2..b4e4a1f 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/Exclamation.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/Exclamation.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 extends: existence
 message: "Don't use exclamation points in text."
-link: 'https://developers.google.com/style/exclamation-points'
+link: "https://developers.google.com/style/exclamation-points"
 nonword: true
 level: error
 action:
-  name: remove
+  name: edit
+  params:
+    - trim_right
+    - "!"
 tokens:
   - '\w+!(?:\s|$)'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/HeadingPunctuation.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/HeadingPunctuation.yml
index b538be5..c172986 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/HeadingPunctuation.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/HeadingPunctuation.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 extends: existence
 message: "Don't put a period at the end of a heading."
-link: 'https://developers.google.com/style/capitalization#capitalization-in-titles-and-headings'
+link: "https://developers.google.com/style/capitalization#capitalization-in-titles-and-headings"
 nonword: true
 level: warning
 scope: heading
 action:
   name: edit
   params:
-    - remove
-    - '.'
+    - trim_right
+    - "."
 tokens:
   - '[a-z0-9][.]\s*$'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/LyHyphens.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/LyHyphens.yml
index ac8f557..50dacb4 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/LyHyphens.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/LyHyphens.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 extends: existence
 message: "'%s' doesn't need a hyphen."
-link: 'https://developers.google.com/style/hyphens'
+link: "https://developers.google.com/style/hyphens"
 level: error
 ignorecase: false
 nonword: true
 action:
   name: edit
   params:
-    - replace
-    - '-'
-    - ' '
+    - regex
+    - "-"
+    - " "
 tokens:
-  - '\s[^\s-]+ly-'
+  - '\b[^\s-]+ly-\w+\b'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/OptionalPlurals.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/OptionalPlurals.yml
index f858ea6..4a8767d 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/OptionalPlurals.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Google/OptionalPlurals.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 extends: existence
 message: "Don't use plurals in parentheses such as in '%s'."
-link: 'https://developers.google.com/style/plurals-parentheses'
+link: "https://developers.google.com/style/plurals-parentheses"
 level: error
 nonword: true
 action:
   name: edit
   params:
-    - remove
-    - '(s)'
+    - trim_right
+    - "(s)"
 tokens:
   - '\b\w+\(s\)'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Dashes.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Dashes.yml
index 2894cf7..72b05ba 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Dashes.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Dashes.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ level: error
 action:
   name: edit
   params:
-    - remove
-    - ' '
+    - trim
+    - " "
 tokens:
-  - '[—–]\s|\s[—–]'
+  - '\s[—–]\s|\s[—–]|[—–]\s'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/GenderBias.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/GenderBias.yml
index 3d873aa..a7f4888 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/GenderBias.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/GenderBias.yml
@@ -2,43 +2,45 @@ extends: substitution
 message: "Consider using '%s' instead of '%s'."
 ignorecase: true
 level: error
+action:
+  name: replace
 swap:
-  (?:alumna|alumnus):          graduate
-  (?:alumnae|alumni):          graduates
-  air(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):      pilot(s)
-  anchor(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):   anchor(s)
-  authoress:                   author
-  camera(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):   camera operator(s)
-  chair(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):    chair(s)
+  (?:alumna|alumnus): graduate
+  (?:alumnae|alumni): graduates
+  air(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): pilot(s)
+  anchor(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): anchor(s)
+  authoress: author
+  camera(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): camera operator(s)
+  chair(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): chair(s)
   congress(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): member(s) of congress
-  door(?:m[ae]|wom[ae]n):      concierge(s)
-  draft(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):    drafter(s)
-  fire(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):     firefighter(s)
-  fisher(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):   fisher(s)
-  fresh(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):    first-year student(s)
-  garbage(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):  waste collector(s)
-  lady lawyer:                 lawyer
-  ladylike:                    courteous
-  landlord:                    building manager
-  mail(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):     mail carriers
-  man and wife:                husband and wife
-  man enough:                  strong enough
-  mankind:                     human kind
-  manmade:                     manufactured
-  manpower:                    personnel
-  men and girls:               men and women
-  middle(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):   intermediary
-  news(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):     journalist(s)
-  ombuds(?:man|woman):         ombuds
-  oneupmanship:                upstaging
-  poetess:                     poet
-  police(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):   police officer(s)
-  repair(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):   technician(s)
-  sales(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):    salesperson or sales people
-  service(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):  soldier(s)
-  steward(?:ess)?:             flight attendant
-  tribes(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):   tribe member(s)
-  waitress:                    waiter
-  woman doctor:                doctor
-  woman scientist[s]?:         scientist(s)
-  work(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n):     worker(s)
+  door(?:m[ae]|wom[ae]n): concierge(s)
+  draft(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): drafter(s)
+  fire(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): firefighter(s)
+  fisher(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): fisher(s)
+  fresh(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): first-year student(s)
+  garbage(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): waste collector(s)
+  lady lawyer: lawyer
+  ladylike: courteous
+  landlord: building manager
+  mail(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): mail carriers
+  man and wife: husband and wife
+  man enough: strong enough
+  mankind: human kind
+  manmade: manufactured
+  manpower: personnel
+  men and girls: men and women
+  middle(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): intermediary
+  news(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): journalist(s)
+  ombuds(?:man|woman): ombuds
+  oneupmanship: upstaging
+  poetess: poet
+  police(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): police officer(s)
+  repair(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): technician(s)
+  sales(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): salesperson or sales people
+  service(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): soldier(s)
+  steward(?:ess)?: flight attendant
+  tribes(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): tribe member(s)
+  waitress: waiter
+  woman doctor: doctor
+  woman scientist[s]?: scientist(s)
+  work(?:m[ae]n|wom[ae]n): worker(s)
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/HeadingPunctuation.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/HeadingPunctuation.yml
index af04b02..eea912a 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/HeadingPunctuation.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/HeadingPunctuation.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ scope: heading
 action:
   name: edit
   params:
-    - remove
-    - '.?!'
+    - trim_right
+    - ".?!"
 tokens:
   - '[a-z][.?!](?:\s|$)'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Hyphens.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Hyphens.yml
index 90bbb5d..7e5731c 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Hyphens.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Hyphens.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ nonword: true
 action:
   name: edit
   params:
-    - replace
-    - '-'
-    - ' '
+    - regex
+    - "-"
+    - " "
 tokens:
-  - '\s[^\s-]+ly-'
+  - '\b[^\s-]+ly-\w+\b'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Negative.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Negative.yml
index d6ff2f2..d73221f 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Negative.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Negative.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ level: error
 action:
   name: edit
   params:
-    - replace
-    - '-'
-    - '–'
+    - regex
+    - "-"
+    - "–"
 tokens:
-  - '\s-\d+\s'
+  - '(?<=\s)-\d+(?:\.\d+)?\b'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Plurals.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Plurals.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bb6660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Plurals.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+extends: existence
+message: "Don't add '%s' to a singular noun. Use plural instead."
+ignorecase: true
+level: error
+link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/a-z-word-list-term-collections/s/s-es
+raw:
+  - '\(s\)|\(es\)'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/RangeFormat.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/RangeFormat.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f1d736e..0000000
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/RangeFormat.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-extends: existence
-message: "Use an en dash in a range of numbers."
-link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/numbers
-nonword: true
-level: error
-action:
-  name: edit
-  params:
-    - replace
-    - '-'
-    - '–'
-tokens:
-  - '\b\d+\s?[-]\s?\d+\b'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/RangeTime.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/RangeTime.yml
index cdd4b33..72d8bbf 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/RangeTime.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/RangeTime.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ level: error
 action:
   name: edit
   params:
-    - replace
-    - '[-–]'
-    - 'to'
+    - regex
+    - "[-–]"
+    - "to"
 tokens:
   - '\b(?:AM|PM)\s?[-–]\s?.+(?:AM|PM)\b'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Ranges.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Ranges.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 67d9702..0000000
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Ranges.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-extends: existence
-message: "In most cases, use 'from' or 'through' to describe a range of numbers."
-link: 'https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/numbers'
-nonword: true
-level: warning
-tokens:
-  - '\b\d+\s?[-–]\s?\d+\b'
diff --git a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Wordiness.yml b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Wordiness.yml
index 22a4c93..9facc10 100644
--- a/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Wordiness.yml
+++ b/vale/.config/vale/styles/Microsoft/Wordiness.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ swap:
   all across: across
   all of a sudden: suddenly
   all of these: these
-  all of: all
+  all of (?!a sudden|these): all
   all-time record: record
   almost all: most
   almost never: seldom