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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 or any?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He was going an also partying there.
    Correction suggestion: and, any
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • After the victory of the PdL in the 2008 general election, AN was merged into the PdL in early 2009.
  • When the receptor is inactive, the GEF domain may be bound to an also inactive α-subunit of a heterotrimeric G-protein.
  • I myself an also African American.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: AN_AND [7]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)