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Rule "college vs colleague"

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Description: college vs colleague
Message: Did you mean colleagues (= coworkers)?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We will share this with our friends and colleges.
    Correction suggestion: colleagues
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: COLLEGE_COLLEAGUE [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-15 22:33:07 +0200)