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Rule "knot (not)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: knot (not)
Message: Did you mean the negation <suggestion>\1 not</suggestion>?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knot
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • This should knot have happened.
    Correction suggestion: should not
ID: CONFUSION_KNOT_NOT [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-23 22:33:10 +0100)