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Rule "Collocation: associates to/with"

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Description: Collocation: associates to/with
Message: Did you mean \1 \2 \3 with? The usual preposition for the word "associate" is "with" not "to".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • She associates her layoff to your arrival.
    Correction suggestion: associates her layoff with
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: ASSOCIATES_TO [152]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-26 22:33:08 +0200)