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Rule "Collocation: be on/in shock"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Collocation: be on/in shock
Message: The usual preposition with "\3" is "in". Did you mean <suggestion>\1 in shock</suggestion>?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We were on shock when it happened.
    Correction suggestion: were in shock
ID: BE_ON_IN_SHOCK [67]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)