"In the meantime" and "meanwhile" conflict?

[sanjayankur31]

A very minor issue I just noticed:

I used "In the meantime" in some text and got warned: '"Meanwhile" is the preferred form'. So, I changed it to "In the meanwhile" but then I get '"in the meantime" is the preferred form'.

Here's a simple test file:

Yes.
In the meanwhile, something happened.

That's OK.
In the meantime, something else happened.

Running proselint says:

proselint test.md 
test.md:2:1: garner.preferred_forms 'in the meantime' is the preferred form.
test.md:5:8: garner.preferred_forms 'Meanwhile,' is the preferred form.

I guess if it's "in the meantime", the "Meanwhile" check should not run, but I'm not sure how proselint implements the checks and whether this is possible.

[Nytelife26]

It is unusual that proselint directs you through another solution before it arrives at a conclusion here, especially when both solutions are cited from the same author. I believe the easiest fix for this would be to require the "Meanwhile," suggestion to only apply at the beginning of a clause.

The intention is as follows:
"Meantime, I had tea" -> "Meanwhile, I had tea"
"In the meanwhile, something happened" -> "In the meantime, something happened"

Upon initial inspection, it appears an attempt to ensure this was made by capitalising "Meantime," in the check itself. However, this would not catch cases with semicolons, so that will have to be considered in a provisional solution.