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Rule "beside vs besides"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: beside vs besides
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>besides</suggestion> (= apart from that) which is commonly used to start a sentence?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Beside that, I have no idea.
    Correction suggestion: Besides
ID: BESIDES_BESIDE [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-23 22:33:10 +0100)