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Rule "an + are"

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Description: an + are
Message: Did you mean and \2?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • They are great an are very responsive.
    Correction suggestion: and are
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • They are great and are very responsive.
  • Among Non-Arab Muslims, translations of the Qur'an are most often accompanied by the original text.
  • ... because if a1, a2, …, an are the elements of F, then the polynomial (x − a1)(x − a2) ··· (x − an) + 1 has no zero in F.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: AN_ARE [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-23 22:33:07 +0200)