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Rule "having a stoke (stroke)"

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Description: having a stoke (stroke)
Message: Did you mean \5 (= brain attack)?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20stroke
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He needs to recover from a stoke.
    Correction suggestion: stroke
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: A_STOKE [3]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-03 22:33:08 +0200)