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Rule "Adverb instead of an adjective"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	Adverb instead of an adjective
Message:	You used an adverb ('\2') instead of an adjective, or a noun ('\3') instead of another adjective.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/adverbs/xadvb1.htm
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	This is a philosophically question. Correction suggestion: philosophical question It's a really solution. Correction suggestion: real solution It's a simply solution. Correction suggestion: simple solution
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ID:	A_RB_NN [1]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2025-02-11 22:33:09 +0100)