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Rule "Collocation: Admitted at/to"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Collocation: Admitted at/to
Message: The usual collocation for "admit" is "to", not "at".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • On his way to an interview to be admitted at Princeton College, Quentin and his childhood best friend James arrive on a crime scene where they find the corpse of the man who was supposed to interview the former, along with a very nonchalant paramedic.
    Correction suggestion: admitted to Princeton College
ID: ADMITTED_AT_TO [6]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-02 22:33:09 +0100)