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Rule "Childish language"

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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
Pattern: [Java Rule] Sourcecode
Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: CHILDISH_LANGUAGE
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)