diff --git a/lint-markdown/action.yml b/lint-markdown/action.yml
index ac1c01d..9ca94af 100644
--- a/lint-markdown/action.yml
+++ b/lint-markdown/action.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,18 @@ runs:
         repository: Consensys/docs-gha
         path: .docs-gha
 
+    - uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
+      id: changed-files
+      with:
+        files:  ${{ inputs.FILEPATHS }}
+        separator: ','
+
     - name: markdown lint
+      if: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files != '' }}
       uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@v17
       with:
         config: ${{ inputs.CONFIG_FILE }}
-        globs: ${{ inputs.FILEPATHS }}
+        globs: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
         separator: ','
+        # don't block the build - let it proceed
+        #continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Acronyms.yml b/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Acronyms.yml
index 308ff7c..bfd983f 100644
--- a/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Acronyms.yml
+++ b/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Acronyms.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ exceptions:
   - POST
   - RAM
   - REPL
+  - REST
   - RSA
   - SCM
   - SCSS
diff --git a/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Contractions.yml b/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Contractions.yml
index 8c81dcb..25d8f83 100644
--- a/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Contractions.yml
+++ b/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Contractions.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ message: "Use '%s' instead of '%s'."
 link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/word-choice/use-contractions
 level: error
 ignorecase: true
+ignore: ../config/vocabularies/Consensys-common/accept.txt
 action:
   name: replace
 swap:
diff --git a/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Foreign.yml b/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Foreign.yml
index 0d3d600..67794a3 100644
--- a/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Foreign.yml
+++ b/spelling/styles/Microsoft/Foreign.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ extends: substitution
 message: "Use '%s' instead of '%s'."
 link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/word-choice/use-us-spelling-avoid-non-english-words
 ignorecase: true
-level: error
+level: warning
 nonword: true
 action:
   name: replace