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Rule "band-aid/plaster"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: band-aid/plaster
Message: The word '\1' is common for American English. (Band-Aid is a trademark.) Did you mean <suggestion>plasters</suggestion>?
Category: American English phrases (ID: AMERICAN_ENGLISH)
Link: http://www.learnenglish.de/mistakes/USvsBrEnglish.html
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • These band-aids are dirty.
    Correction suggestion: plasters
ID: BAND-AID_PLASTER [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2025-01-05 22:33:09 +0100)