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Rule "Collocation: cure from/of"

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Description: Collocation: cure from/of
Message: The usual collocation for "\1" is "of", not "\2". Did you mean \1 \2 of?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • This medicine will cure you from the disease.
    Correction suggestion: cure you of
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Receive a cure from a doctor, learn from a wise man.
  • Other fever cures from South America were known as Jesuit's Bark and Jesuit's Powder
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: CURE_FROM_OF [109]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)