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Rule "Collocation: absorb at/in"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Collocation: absorb at/in
Message: The usual collocation for "\1" is "in", not "\2". Did you mean <suggestion>\1 in</suggestion>?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I am absorbed at this book.
    Correction suggestion: absorbed in, absorbed with, absorbed into
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • It may seem like a lot to absorb at once.
ID: ABSORB_AT_IN [94]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)