LanguageTool Community
Imprint · Privacy Policy
<< return to list of rules

Rule "already vs. all ready"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect. Visit the LanguageTool homepage to use it online or download it for free.

Description: already vs. all ready
Message: Did you mean al\3?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We all ready have purchased it.
    Correction suggestion: already
  • We all ready are at the destination.
    Correction suggestion: already
  • I all so think that this is wrong.
    Correction suggestion: also
  • Should they all ready be available, we will collect them immediately.
    Correction suggestion: already
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • We already have purchased it.
Pattern: Show XML · Show in Rule Editor
Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: ALREADY_ALL_READY [9]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-27 22:33:07 +0200)