diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ae33af7b5..daff307c4 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -62,3 +62,13 @@ repos:
         name: format quarto markdown
         additional_dependencies: [mdformat-frontmatter]
         files: ^contents/.*\.qmd$
+
+  # # ✅ Add Vale for linting prose and enforcing style rules
+  # - repo: https://github.com/errata-ai/vale
+  #   rev: v2.28.2  # Use latest stable version
+  #   hooks:
+  #     - id: vale
+  #       name: lint with vale
+  #       entry: vale
+  #       files: ^contents/.*\.qmd$
+  #       types: [text]
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diff --git a/.vale/styles/textbook/OxfordComma.yml b/.vale/styles/textbook/Punctuation.yml
similarity index 99%
rename from .vale/styles/textbook/OxfordComma.yml
rename to .vale/styles/textbook/Punctuation.yml
index 6b3aeb297..f604a3901 100644
--- a/.vale/styles/textbook/OxfordComma.yml
+++ b/.vale/styles/textbook/Punctuation.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@ ignorecase: true
 swap:
   # Common pattern: list of three items without Oxford comma
   '(\b\w+\b), (\b\w+\b) and (\b\w+\b)': '\1, \2, and \3'
-
-