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Rule "decree vs. degree"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: decree vs. degree
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>degree</suggestion> as in the idiom "to some degree"?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-some-a-certain-degree-etc
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • To a large decree, this is already finished.
    Correction suggestion: degree
ID: DECREE_DREGEE [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)