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Rule "'this' vs. 'these'"

Pattern:	this /NNS/exceptions=[/VBZ|NN|JJ.* data] /exceptions=[/NN|NNP|NN:.*]
Description:	'this' vs. 'these'
Message:	Did you mean these?
Category:	Grammar
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Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	This errors are easy to fix.
Correct sentences for comparison:	These errors are easy to fix. This forms a sharp contract with...
ID:	THIS_NNS [1]

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...eact and respond to ambiguous situations. Much of this focuses on ambiguity tolerance. A number of corre..

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