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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 (2024-04-23 22:33:07 +0200)

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