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Rule "'ad' vs 'add'"

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Description: 'ad' vs 'add'
Message: Did you mean the verb add instead of the noun '\3' (advertisement)?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • They usually ad ketchup to their fries.
    Correction suggestion: add
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Early Christian period (ca. AD 325 to AD 800)
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: AD_ADD [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)