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Rule "confusion of 'beg' vs 'bag'"

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Description: confusion of 'beg' vs 'bag'
Message: The word '\4' is a verb. Did you mean the noun \4?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Santa has some presents in his big begs.
    Correction suggestion: bags
  • I was carrying the stuff in a green grocery beg.
    Correction suggestion: bag
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • The cat is in the bag.
  • Many people in the world beg to fit in.
  • Let her beg.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: BEG_BAG [1]
Version: 6.4-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-27 22:33:08 +0100)