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Rule "a bold-faced (bald-faced) lie"

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Description: a bold-faced (bald-faced) lie
Message: Did you mean bald-faced (= showing no shame)?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/bald-faced
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It was a bold-faced lie.
    Correction suggestion: bald-faced
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: BOLD_FACED [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)