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Rule "a/the + install"

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Description: a/the + install
Message: The word '\2' is not a noun.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The installs are dropping since March.
    Correction suggestion: installations
  • Have you tried a re-install?
    Correction suggestion: re-installation
  • Their install is working.
    Correction suggestion: installation
  • My install button is functional.
    Correction suggestion: installation
  • He did the install but didn't succeed.
    Correction suggestion: installation
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Their installation worked fine.
  • The British install the son of Sharif Hussein bin Ali.
  • He installs their app.
  • A package manager that installs and runs Swift command line tool packages.
  • Business heats up for small Virginia Beach company that installs Ikea kitchens.
  • Creating an installer that installs the JRE.
  • A software that installs in just 3 minutes.
  • But his installs in less than a minute.
  • My software doesn't work but his installs at my PC.
  • Let's uninstall.
  • I will make her install daily updates.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: A_INSTALL [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)