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Rule "breath (breathe)"

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Description: breath (breathe)
Message: Did you mean the verb breathe? '\3' is a noun.
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lists_of_common_misspellings/Grammar_and_Misc
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I could breath.
    Correction suggestion: breathe
  • I cannot breath.
    Correction suggestion: breathe
  • Can you breath?
    Correction suggestion: breathe
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • If I breathe slowly and deeply, I start to relax.
  • They breathe slowly.
  • Do tests for these: i breath, ii heartbeat, iii ...
  • Can breath cause coronavirus?
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: BREATHE_BREATH [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)