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Rule "Childish language"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	Childish language
	By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Category:	Style (ID: STYLE)
Link:	https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_childish_terms
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	The kitty-cat is pretty. The dog wants to pooh.
Correct sentences for comparison:	The cat is elegant. t has become known by many nicknames, including Dolly zoom, "Zolly," "Hitchcock Zoom," and " ..own for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. She threw her clothes willy-nilly into a drawer. Injun Joe Tootsie Roll
ID:	CHILDISH_LANGUAGE
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-31 22:33:08 +0100)