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Rule "not us (use)"

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Description: not us (use)
Message: Did you mean use?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Please do not us this door.
    Correction suggestion: use
  • Please don't us dispose.
    Correction suggestion: use
  • It was not us to try.
    Correction suggestion: use
  • It was not us to them.
    Correction suggestion: use
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Please do not use this door.
  • It's not us who did it.
  • It's them not us.
  • They ain't us!
  • They aren't us!
  • It was them and not us women.
  • Our governments belong to us, not us to them.
  • He would be taxed by the Mexican tax authority, not US.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: NOT_US1 [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)