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Rule "Misused phrase: 'ever so often (every so often)'"

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Description: Misused phrase: 'ever so often (every so often)'
Message: This phrase is non-standard in most writing. Did you mean every \2 \3?
Category: Nonstandard Phrases (ID: NONSTANDARD_PHRASES)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Ever so often, we put down the books, and go sailing!
    Correction suggestion: Every so often
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: EVER_SO_OFTEN [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-28 22:33:07 +0100)