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Rule "blood born vs blood-borne"

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Description: blood born vs blood-borne
Message: Did you mean the adjective blood-borne (= carried by blood)?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood-borne
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It is a blood-born disease.
    Correction suggestion: blood-borne
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: BLOOD_BORNE_BLOODBORNE [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-01 22:33:07 +0200)