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Rule "de jure (du jour)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: de jure (du jour)
Message: '\1 \2' is a legal term. Did you mean <suggestion>du jour</suggestion> or more simply <suggestion>of the day</suggestion>?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://www.lexico.com/definition/du_jour
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Do you like the soup de jure?
    Correction suggestion: du jour, of the day
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Do you like the soup du jour?
  • Now it has to be done de jure (by law), so it can become official.
  • The legal framework for this de jure decision is...
  • Although being de facto independent since the end of the war, de jure it is still...
  • ...and the region is still considered a de jure part of Azerbaijan, despite being de facto independent since the end of the war.
ID: DE_JURE_DU_JOUR [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-13 22:33:10 +0100)