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Rule "apartment/flat"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: apartment/flat
Message: The word '\2' is common for American English. Did you mean <suggestion>\2</suggestion>?
Category: American English phrases (ID: AMERICAN_ENGLISH)
Link: http://www.learnenglish.de/mistakes/USvsBrEnglish.html
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • These apartments are expensive.
    Correction suggestion: flats
  • I just bought the apartment.
    Correction suggestion: flat
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I just bought an apartment.
ID: APARTMENT-FLAT [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2025-01-05 22:33:09 +0100)