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These are some of the errors that LanguageTool can detect. Visit the LanguageTool homepage to use it online.
| Description | Example | Category |
|---|---|---|
| missing period after last letter in abbreviations | The L.A Lakers are a basketball team. | Punctuation |
| missing period after last letter in abbreviations | I live in N.Y.C near the Empire State Building. | Punctuation |
| missing period after last letter in abbreviations | The U.A.E are a rich country. | Punctuation |
| missing period after last letter in abbreviations | The F.B.I is investigating the case. | Punctuation |
| missing period after last letter in abbreviations | The C.I.A is investigating the case. | Punctuation |
| missing period after last letter in abbreviations | Batman a.k.a Bruce Wayne. | Punctuation |
| missing period after last letter in abbreviations | We have an A.I developer. | Punctuation |
| missing period after last letter in abbreviations | Please check the S.I units. | Punctuation |
| missing period after last letter in abbreviations | R.I.P 2Pac. | Punctuation |
| missing period after last letter in abbreviations | His company is an L.L.C | Punctuation |
| redundant punctuation | Hey,! | Punctuation |
| e.g. | He has watched many action movies (eg. Fast & Furious) | Punctuation |
| e.g. | He has watched many action movies (eg Fast & Furious) | Punctuation |
| e.g. | He has watched many action movies (e.g Fast & Furious) | Punctuation |
| i.e. | A walking boot which is synthetic, ie. not leather. | Punctuation |
| i.e. | A walking boot which is synthetic, i.e not leather. | Punctuation |
| Missing question mark | Where did she go. | Punctuation |
| Missing question mark | Can you help me. | Punctuation |
| Missing question mark | Why do they do this to us every year... | Punctuation |
| Comma in 'act 2 scene 5' | Act 2 Scene 5. | Punctuation |
| Comma after 'go for it' | Go for it girls! | Punctuation |
| Comma after 'Oh my god' | Oh my God it's terrible. | Punctuation |
| Comma after 'for god's sake | In God's name tell me the truth! | Punctuation |
| Comma in 'Me myself and I' | It's just me myself and I. | Punctuation |
| Missing comma after pronoun | With you I can finally be happy. | Punctuation |
| Missing comma 'first come first serve' | First come first served. | Punctuation |
| Missing vocative comma | Thanks Tom for taking care. | Punctuation |
| Missing vocative comma | Thanks Tom for taking care. | Punctuation |
| Missing vocative comma | Thank you Tom for helping us. | Punctuation |
| Missing vocative comma | Thank you Tom for helping us. | Punctuation |
| Missing vocative comma | Please Tom, let us go. | Punctuation |
| Missing vocative comma | Thank you Tom, for helping us. | Punctuation |
| Missing vocative comma | Tom thank you! | Punctuation |
| Missing comma after introductory phrase | For years I have been travelling. | Punctuation |
| Missing punctuation after an interjection | Oh horrid examples... | Punctuation |
| Missing punctuation after an interjection | Oh John what a horrid example... | Punctuation |
| Missing punctuation after an interjection | Bummer I hoped I would win the lottery. | Punctuation |
| Comma after a month | The store closed its doors for good in October, 1958. | Punctuation |
| Missing comma between day of month and year | My birthday is October 18 1983. | Punctuation |
| Unnecessary comma: 'Bob(,) and I' | My aunt, and I like skiing. | Punctuation |
| Missing comma after weekday | We will meet Friday July 15. | Punctuation |
| Loose punctuation mark | ; How's it goin'? | Punctuation |
| for heaven's sake | For heavens sake! | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | I stop here, aren't I? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | I stopped here, wasn't I? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | I don't start, am I? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | I didn't start, was I? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | It doesn't look like it, is it? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | It didn't look like it, was it? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | I'm late, don't I? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | I was late, didn't I? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | Well, you were there, didn't you? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | I'm not in trouble, do I? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | I wasn't in trouble, did I? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | You're not shy, do you? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | You weren't weird about it, did you? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | He's crazy, doesn't he? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | It was a little off, didn't it? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | It's not very helpful, does it? | Punctuation |
| mismatched verbs and tag question operators | It wasn't very helpful, did it? | Punctuation |
| comma before tag question | She isn't coming is she? | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | She really purchased the car but she declined the extended warranty. | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | Bill didn't work hard enough and so he failed. | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | I have gotten better although I was told I wouldn’t improve. | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | My friends are in Washington but I am in Seattle. | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | I'm sorry but Google Spreadsheets isn't supported yet. | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | What is this and why would you want to do it? | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | I'm sorry but Google isn't supported yet. | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | It was raining and the game was called off. | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | The weather is great and again the game was called off. | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | I'm sorry but a lot of these features aren't supported yet. | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | I'm sorry but many of these are not ready yet. | Punctuation |
| comma between independent clauses | I'm sorry but Google's latest software isn't supported yet. | Punctuation |
| Comma before 'so/but/and please' | It's great so please do not change it. | Punctuation |
| Comma before 'so/but/and please' | Thank you for reaching out and thanks for buying our Premium subscription. | Punctuation |
| Comma before 'so/but/and please' | Thank you for reaching out and sorry for the problems you were having. | Punctuation |
| Comma before 'so/but/and MD + PRP + VB' | It's great but can you further improve it? | Punctuation |
| Comma before 'so/but/and MD + PRP + VB' | It's great but can't you further improve it? | Punctuation |
| extraneous apostrophes before 'are' | The car's are cheap. | Punctuation |
| extraneous apostrophes before 'are' | The German's were led by Merkel. | Punctuation |
| French's => French people | The French's were led by Macron. | Punctuation |
| French's => French people | The Frenches were led by Macron. | Punctuation |
| state of the art (state-of-the-art) | We present our state of the art solution. | Punctuation |
| out of place (out-of-place) etc. | This is an out of place word. | Punctuation |
| out of place (out-of-place) etc. | This is an out of place word. | Punctuation |
| out of the way (out-of-the-way) etc. | Tom had a really nice out of the box replacement. | Punctuation |
| out of the way (out-of-the-way) etc. | Tom had a really nice out of the box replacement. | Punctuation |
| Missing space after closing quote | “Good morning, Frank,”said Hal. | Punctuation |
| Missing space between numeric value and unit (e.g., 25 km) | The temperature is 25°C. | Punctuation |
| Missing space between numeric value and unit (e.g., 25 km) | The angle is 25 ° C. | Punctuation |
| Missing space between numeric value and unit (e.g., 25 km) | The angle is 25 °. | Punctuation |
| Missing space between numeric value and unit (e.g., 25 km) | 45,54 ″ | Punctuation |
| Wrong space/comma in numbers | On June 16,1963 Valentina Tereshkova was launched into space aboard Vostok 6. | Punctuation |
| Wrong space/comma in numbers | A day has 864,00 seconds. | Punctuation |
| abbreviations with spaces in between (e. g.) | There are several grammar checkers for English, e. g. LanguageTool. | Punctuation |
| abbreviations with spaces in between (e. g.) | Who's responsible for providing public facilities, i. e., a post office, library, etc. for the Northwest? | Punctuation |
| space in 'o´clock' | They meet at 2 o' clock. | Punctuation |
| Missing comma before 'and, or, nor, yet, so, but' (incomplete) | She loves playing the piano and I hate it. | Punctuation |
| No comma before 'which' | I am going to the house which burned down. | Punctuation |
| Comma after by default at the beginning of a sentence. | By default this setting is enabled. | Punctuation |
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