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Description Example Category
Use of whitespace before comma and before/after parentheses We had coffee , cheese and crackers and grapes. Typography
Use of two consecutive dots or commas Punctuation
Checks that a sentence starts with an uppercase letter This house is old. it was built in 1950. Capitalization
Whitespace repetition (bad formatting) Typography
Missing space between sentences Typography
Space character at the end of paragraph Style
Space character at the beginning of paragraph Style
Empty Line Style
Readability: sentence over 40 words Style
Readability: paragraph over 220 words Style
Same beginning of paragraph Style
No punctuation mark at the end of paragraph Punctuation
No punctuation mark at the end of paragraph Punctuation
Checks if the two types of apostrophes (' and ’) are used consistently in a text. It's nice, but it doesn’t work. Miscellaneous
Checks upper/lower case spelling of some proper nouns I really like Harry potter. Capitalization
Unpaired braces, brackets, quotation marks and similar symbols He lived in a (large house. Punctuation
Unpaired quotation marks "I'm over here, she said. Punctuation
Word repetition (e.g. 'will will') This is is just an example sentence. Miscellaneous
Use of 'a' vs. 'an' The train arrived a hour ago. Miscellaneous
Successive sentences beginning with the same word Moreover, the street is almost entirely residential. Moreover, it was named after a poet. Repetitions (Style)
Hyphenated words: $match I now have a part time job. Miscellaneous
Spelling of English contractions We havent earned anything. Possible Typo
commonly confused words: $match I have proscribed you a course of antibiotics. Commonly Confused Words
Checks if hyphenated words were spelled with dashes (e.g., 'T — shirt' instead 'T-shirt'). I'll buy a new T—shirt. Typography
Coherent spelling of words with two admitted variants. He likes archaeology. Really? She likes archeology, too. Miscellaneous
Suggest diacritics for '$match' blase Possible Typo
1. Wordiness (General) fatal outcome Plain English
1. Redundancy (General) tuna fish Redundant Phrases
Check for wrong words/phrases: $match Miscellaneous
Profanity Style
Readability: Too difficult text Text Analysis
Readability: Too easy text Text Analysis
Suggest synonyms for repeated words. Repetitions (Style)
Statistical Style Analysis: Overused Verb Stylistic hints for creative writing
Statistical Style Analysis: Overused Noun Stylistic hints for creative writing
Statistical Style Analysis: Overused Adjective Stylistic hints for creative writing
Passive voice (repetition experiment) Miscellaneous
Rep: thank you for Miscellaneous
unicode (Unicode) The unicode standard defines almost 150,000 characters. Upper/Lowercase
trojan (Trojan) horse My computer is slow because someone installed a trojan virus on my computer. Upper/Lowercase
oxford (Oxford) comma Are you using the oxford comma? Upper/Lowercase
vox populi, vox dei (Dei) Vox populi, vox dei. Upper/Lowercase
euclidean (Euclidean) distance What's the euclidean distance of the two vectors? Upper/Lowercase
capitalization of 'Celsius' The temperature is less than 20° celsius. Upper/Lowercase
in shanghai (Shanghai) I'm from shanghai. Upper/Lowercase
in shanghai (Shanghai) The shanghai city council is closed on Wednesdays. Upper/Lowercase
Omicron The omicron variant appeared in November 2021. Upper/Lowercase
SAAS (SaaS) I run a SAAS business. Upper/Lowercase
Halloween It's trick or treat on halloween. Upper/Lowercase
u-turn (U-turn) At the end of the street he had to make a u-turn. Upper/Lowercase
v-shaped (V-turn) The object was v-shaped. Upper/Lowercase
Ponzi scheme A ponzi scheme is a form of fraud. Upper/Lowercase
Geiger counter A geiger counter can detect radioactivity. Upper/Lowercase
La Paz I live in la paz. Upper/Lowercase
harry's (Harry's) It was harry's brother who did it. Upper/Lowercase
harry's (Harry's) Hey harry, how are you? Upper/Lowercase
harry's (Harry's) Good morning harry, how are you? Upper/Lowercase
harry's (Harry's) Thank you harry! Upper/Lowercase
harry's (Harry's) I think we should do it because harry is happy. Upper/Lowercase
harry's (Harry's) I think harry is happy. Upper/Lowercase
harry's (Harry's) My name is rob. Upper/Lowercase
harry's (Harry's) They call me rob. Upper/Lowercase
harry's (Harry's) I am paul. Upper/Lowercase
Capitalize file extensions Please see the attached pdf. Upper/Lowercase
id (ID / I'd) I think id preferred your solution. Upper/Lowercase
id (ID / I'd) My id proves that I'm over 18 years old. Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... Happy thanksgiving! Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... She lived several years in south America. Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... What did you do on Valentine's day last year? Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... What did you do on New Year's eve? Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... What did you do on Veterans day last year? Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... Saint Martins day is the Funeral day of Saint Martin of Tours. Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... How many people died in world war II? Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... The middle ages is one of the three major periods in the most enduring scheme for analysing European history. Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... The cape of good hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... Since 1914, cape cod has been separated from the mainland by the Cape Cod Canal. Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... I live on the east coast. Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... Some of the most prosperous neighbourhoods of the Netherlands can be found in the Hague. Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... The European union elected a new president. Upper/Lowercase
capitalize proper names, geographic terms, historic episodes... The united states elected a new president. Upper/Lowercase
t-bone (T-bone) He ate a delicious t-bone steak. Upper/Lowercase
Third World Children living in third world countries deserve better healthcare. Upper/Lowercase
Third World Children living in the third world. Upper/Lowercase
Pilates She is doing pilates every morning. Upper/Lowercase
Christmas We have a dinner with the family on christmas eve. Upper/Lowercase
Christmas We have a christmas tree at home. Upper/Lowercase
PayPal We are using Paypal for payments. Upper/Lowercase
YouTube We are using Youtube to watch TV. Upper/Lowercase
LinkedIn We are using Linkedin to run ads. Upper/Lowercase
WeChat We are using Wechat to communicate. Upper/Lowercase
GitHub We are using Github for our project. Upper/Lowercase
WordPress We are using Wordpress as our blogging software. Upper/Lowercase
Black Sea He was living in a town on the coast of the black sea. Upper/Lowercase
the french (French) Please excuse my french. Upper/Lowercase
the french (French) The french government. Upper/Lowercase
the french (French) He's learning french. Upper/Lowercase
the french (French) The french won the Soccer World Cup in 2018. Upper/Lowercase
the french (French) He's having english and polish lessons. Upper/Lowercase
the french (French) He's having polish and English lessons. Upper/Lowercase
the french (French) I am polish too. Upper/Lowercase
LanguageTool 6.7-SNAPSHOT (2025-06-30 22:33:10 +0200)