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Rule "confusion of 'an' and 'and'"

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Description: confusion of 'an' and 'and'
Message: Did you mean and?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • They decline an eventually go extinct.
    Correction suggestion: and
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • An in house solution.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: AN_AND [5]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)