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Description | Example | Category |
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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 |
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