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Rule "Collocation: Between ... to/and ..."

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Description: Collocation: Between ... to/and ...
Message: After "between", use "and", not "to".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Children between three to five are cute.
    Correction suggestion: between three and five
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • ...aspen parkland, a biome transitional between prairie to the south and boreal forest to the north.
  • ...causing the electrostatic interactions between them to be strong.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: BETWEEN_TO_AND [4]
Version: 6.4-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-27 22:33:08 +0100)