Browse Rules: 6,146 matches
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| Description | Example | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 'please' twice in a sentence | Please could you have a look at this please? | Style |
| I'm not very experienced too (either) | I'm not very experienced too. | Style |
| I'm not very experienced too (either) | You don't have too. | Style |
| I'm not very experienced too (either) | I am not able too. | Style |
| I'm not very experienced too (either) | I hate not having too. | Style |
| anyways (anyway) | Anyways, I don't like it. | Style |
| abbreviation 'ppl' | Many ppl use LanguageTool. | Style |
| I saw it and I (0) should have said something to you | Well I saw it and I should have said something to you. | Style |
| It's supposed to prevent it (from) spilling over | It's supposed to prevent it spilling. | Style |
| They were used to hunt (for hunting) partridges | They are used to hunt partridges. | Style |
| Warn when the serial comma is not used | She speaks Spanish, German and French. | Style |
| Warn when the serial comma is not used | While air, water and food are necessary for life, we cannot so easily categorize the prerequisites of happiness. | Style |
| Warn when the serial comma is not used | Stocking, George, Jr. (Race, Culture and Evolution). | Style |
| Warn when the serial comma is not used | In addition to buses, trams and taxis, popular modes of transport are ... | Style |
| Warn when the serial comma is not used | The car is special, fast and nice to look at. | Style |
| Warn when the serial comma is not used | It's wireless, portable and rechargeable, up to 3 hours. | Style |
| Warn when the serial comma is not used | It's too expensive, inefficient, slow and difficult to roll out and transport. | Style |
| Warn when the serial comma is not used | Texts can be checked right in Apple Mail, Notes and Messages. | Style |
| This will allow (allows) them to bloom... | This will allow them to bloom in the spring. | Style |
| Warn when the serial comma is used (incomplete) | The pen, pencil, and book are on the desk. | Style |
| a whole other (entirely different) issue | That brings up a whole other issue, but I'll stop here. | Style |
| week-end (weekend) | Let's meet on the week-end to play some tennis. | Style |
| there're → there are | There're problems in Iraq. | Style |
| Are not (formal) → Aren't | Are not you the cause of this for me? | Style |
| Are not (formal) → Aren't | Am not I lucky? | Style |
| Are not (formal) → Aren't | Can not you get it? | Style |
| Are not (formal) → Aren't | Why would not that work? | Style |
| Are not (formal) → Aren't | Why am not I enough for you? | Style |
| Are not (formal) → Aren't | Why can not I share a regular binary file? | Style |
| Not sure (if) it works | Not sure it works like this. | Style |
| Not sure (if) it works | Not sure that will work like this. | Style |
| Thank you much | Thank you much. | Style |
| Tiflis | The capital city of Georgia is Tiflis. | Style |
| used to could (be able to) | I used to could do that. | Style |
| Missing vocative comma | I too love cheese cake. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | Thanks for your speedy redressal. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | I got an upgradation to premium economy. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | He was granted a freeship from the state. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | The press person interviewed the victim. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | The pressperson interviewed the victim. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | The government might prepone these elections so we'd better be prepared. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | We need to do the needful. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | He is a rowdy-sheeter because he has stolen. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | The annexure of the technical proposal. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | The annexures of the technical proposal. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | Something went wrong during the updation. | Style |
| Indian English replacements | He did a skilling to learn more about computers. | Style |
| Recommended compounds (smartphone, website, …) | He is using a smart phone to communicate with his friends. | Style |
| Recommended compounds (smartphone, website, …) | He published a new blog post on his web site. | Style |
| Recommended compounds (smartphone, website, …) | Not everyone wants or needs a fancy coffeemaker, and that’s totally fine. | Style |
| Recommended compounds (smartphone, website, …) | He is having a party in his back yard. | Style |
| Recommended compounds (smartphone, website, …) | I have set a user name for my online profile. | Style |
| Recommended compounds (smartphone, website, …) | I don't own a mobile phone, I only have a land line. | Style |
| Most of our times (time) | We spend most of our times here. | Style |
| 'the reason... is because' | The reason we were late is because there was an accident. | Style |
| 'the reason... is because' | The reason that Tom isn't here is because he's sick. | Style |
| aline vs. align | They aline to the recently announced changes. | Style |
| aline vs. align | He alines to the recently announced changes. | Style |
| aline vs. align | He is alining to the recently announced changes. | Style |
| bestest (best) | He is my bestest friend. | Style |
| bored of (with) | I always get bored of people who talk about themselves. | Style |
| 'themself' | The casual observer might easily think themself back in 1945. | Style |
| 'ourself' | We witnessed ourself at Southampton this thirteenth day of October. | Style |
| 'merchandize' vs. 'merchandise' | He merchandized eighteen years, owning mills and blacksmith shops. | Style |
| Super Bowl (Roman numerals) | The Super Bowl 53 is happening in February 2018. | Style |
| Super Bowl (Roman numerals) | The 53th Super Bowl is happening in February 2018. | Style |
| Super Bowl (Roman numerals) | The Super Bowl 54 is happening in February 2020. | Style |
| Super Bowl (Roman numerals) | The 54th Super Bowl is happening in February 2020. | Style |
| Super Bowl (Roman numerals) | The Super Bowl 55 is happening in February 2021. | Style |
| Super Bowl (Roman numerals) | The 55th Super Bowl is happening in February 2021. | Style |
LanguageTool 6.7-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-01 22:33:09 +0200)