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Rule "at your earliest convenience (as soon as you can)"

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Description: at your earliest convenience (as soon as you can)
By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool because its category is not active by default
Message: Overly formal. Did you mean as soon as you can?
Category: Plain English (ID: PLAIN_ENGLISH)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Please come at your earliest convenience.
    Correction suggestion: as soon as you can
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Please come as soon as you can.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: AT_YOUR_EARLIEST_CONVENIENCE [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)