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Rule "college vs colleague"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: college vs colleague
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>colleague</suggestion> (= coworker)?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Tom is my friend and college.
    Correction suggestion: colleague
ID: COLLEGE_COLLEAGUE [3]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)