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Rule "extraneous apostrophes before 'are'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: extraneous apostrophes before 'are'
Message: Did you mean the plural noun <suggestion>\1</suggestion> instead of the possessive?
Category: Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The German's were led by Merkel.
    Correction suggestion: Germans
ID: APOS_ARE [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)