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Rule "I will by (buy) this car"

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Description: I will by (buy) this car
Message: Did you maybe mean buy?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/buy-by-bye-word-choice/#when-to-use-%E2%80%9Cbuy%E2%80%9D
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I usually by my stuff at Walmart.
    Correction suggestion: buy
  • Whether you by the Ferrari from a dealer or private sale the expectation is the same.
    Correction suggestion: buy
  • Does he by his groceries at the supermarket nearby?
    Correction suggestion: buy
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Are you by yourselves?
  • He is older than I by two years.
  • I was referred to you by Corry Bentley.
  • It’s done for you by SmartThings.
  • I by the end of the week.
  • Saturday, I by noon.
  • Draft GTA being DHLed to you by our Jakarta office.
  • We will submit these to you by Thursday.
  • Congrats to you by the way.
  • Will send revision to you by 2pm CST.
  • Further transmission to you by the sender of this email may be stopped at no cost to you by sending in the subject line.
  • Enigma machine G was modified to the Enigma I by June 1930.
  • We will put something together for you by this evening.
  • I am also forwarding hard copies of the documents to you by courier.
  • Could you by any chance name any of these devices off the top of your head?
  • However normally Jira is smart enough to fix this issue automatically for you by using cache busting techniques like hashed file names.
  • Would it be OK if I identified these for you by using the “flag post” to bring these to your attention?
  • Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.
  • I “force pushed” it by Ctrl-clicking it on the push arrow.
  • The plan itself was materially lower than that presented to John and I by the business and support groups.
  • After reading your work, I feel a kinship with the people and place and the misery that's been imposed on them and it by nature.
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ID: BY_BUY [3]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-02 22:33:08 +0200)