Browse Rules: 6,146 matches
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| Description | Example | Category |
|---|---|---|
| A new year has begun | IGD Convention - 7 October 2013 | Semantics |
| A new year has begun | IGD Convention - October 7, 2013 | Semantics |
| A new year has begun | IGD Convention 2014 - 31/10/2013 | Semantics |
| A new year has begun | IGD Convention 2014 - 10/31/2013 | Semantics |
| A new year has begun | IGD Convention 2014 - 2013-10-31 | Semantics |
| Weekday doesn't match date | IGD Convention - Monday, 7th October 2014 | Semantics |
| Weekday doesn't match date | IGD Convention - Monday, October 7th 2014 | Semantics |
| Weekday doesn't match date | IGD Convention 2014 - Monday, 31/10/2014 | Semantics |
| Weekday doesn't match date | IGD Convention 2014 - Monday, 10/31/2014 | Semantics |
| Weekday doesn't match date | IGD Convention 2014 - Monday, 2014-10-31 | Semantics |
| Weekday doesn't match date for the current year | IGD Convention - Monday, 7 October | Semantics |
| Weekday doesn't match date for the current year | IGD Convention - Monday, October 7 | Semantics |
| Weekday doesn't match date for the current year | IGD Convention 2014 - Monday, 31/10 | Semantics |
| Weekday doesn't match date for the current year | IGD Convention 2014 - Monday, 10/31 | Semantics |
| Invalid date, like 'February 31, 2014' | It happened on November 31, 2014. | Semantics |
| Invalid date, like 'February 31, 2014' | It happened on Feb 30, 2014. | Semantics |
| Invalid date, like 'February 31, 2014' | January 10 – 1, 2016. | Semantics |
| Invalid date, like 'February 31, 2014' | January, 10 – 1, 2016. | Semantics |
| wrong suffix of ordinal number | This was my 11nd try. | Semantics |
| wrong suffix of ordinal number | This was my 1nd try. | Semantics |
| wrong suffix of ordinal number | This was my 2th try. | Semantics |
| wrong suffix of ordinal number | This was my 3nd try. | Semantics |
| wrong suffix of ordinal number | This was my 4nd try. | Semantics |
| square roots (2 solutions) | The square root of 9 is 3. | Semantics |
| Interval scale: doubling values ('twice as hot') | It's half as warm as it was yesterday. | Semantics |
| Usage of German quotes („“) | She said „Yes“. | Typography |
| Usage of German quotes („“) | „Yes“, she said. | Typography |
| Usage of German quotes („“) | I'm very „happy”. | Typography |
| Usage of German quotes („“) | I'm very „happy“. | Typography |
| a la (à la) | Monday has told us mind games are football speak for inane ranting a la Vera Duckworth. | Typography |
| cafe (café) | We ate at a cafe. | Typography |
| Two consecutive spaces | This is a sentence with two consecutive spaces. | Typography |
| Two consecutive spaces following a single character (with two consecutive spaces preceding it) | This is a test. | Typography |
| Missing whitespace before a parenthesis | I'm from San Diego(California). | Typography |
| 3dogs (3 dogs) | It took me 1min. | Typography |
| 3dogs (3 dogs) | I have 3dogs. | Typography |
| 12,5% → 12.5% | The price rose by 12,5% | Typography |
| 12,5% → 12.5% | The price rose by $12,50 | Typography |
| 12,5% → 12.5% | The price rose by 12,50 % | Typography |
| 12,5% → 12.5% | They have 32.000 users. | Typography |
| 12,5% → 12.5% | We now have 32.500.000 users. | Typography |
| 12,5% → 12.5% | I earned 32.000,23. | Typography |
| 12,5% → 12.5% | More than 2,5 million people use our products. | Typography |
| space after apostrophe in contraction (e.g. I' m) | Maybe I' m missing something? | Typography |
| space after apostrophe in contraction (e.g. I' m) | Maybe I 'm missing something? | Typography |
| TL DR (TL;DR) | tl:dr it was great!. | Typography |
| O Connor (O'Connor) | His name is O conor. | Typography |
| redundant apostrophe | We''ll be ready next week. | Typography |
| redundant apostrophe | He wasn''t ready yet. | Typography |
| redundant apostrophe | Tom''s new girlfriend is very beautiful. | Typography |
| double quote instead of apostrophe | We"ll be ready next week. | Typography |
| double quote instead of apostrophe | He wasn"t ready yet. | Typography |
| double quote instead of apostrophe | Tom"s new girlfriend is very beautiful. | Typography |
| missing apostrophe | He ll take care of it tomorrow. | Typography |
| missing apostrophe | I ve no idea what you're talking about. | Typography |
| missing apostrophe | He s great. | Typography |
| missing apostrophe | They re the best. | Typography |
| missing apostrophe | We re going out tonight. | Typography |
| missing apostrophe | I m the best. | Typography |
| missing apostrophe | He d do it. | Typography |
| missing apostrophe | Here s what I think. | Typography |
| number + (th, nd, st, rd) | He arrived on the 8 th. | Typography |
| (TM) instead of ™ | The new product is Executive Choice(TM) Plus. | Typography |
| (R) instead of ® | Windows (R) | Typography |
| (c) instead of © | Copyright (C) Joanna Bator, 2012 | Typography |
| (c) instead of © | Copyright (C) Joanna Bator, 2012 | Typography |
| Position of currency symbols: '100$' ($100) | You owe me 7.25$. | Typography |
| Whitespace after currency symbols: '$ 100' ($100) | You owe me $ 100. | Typography |
| Smart quotes (“”) | This is a "test". | Typography |
| Smart quotes (“”) | This is a "new test". | Typography |
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