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Rule "Childish language"

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Description: Childish language
By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message: In some contexts, '\1' is informal.
Category: Style (ID: STYLE)
Link: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_childish_terms
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I have tummyache because I ate too much candy.
    Correction suggestion: stomach ache
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: CHILDISH_LANGUAGE [2]
Version: 6.4-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-27 22:33:08 +0100)