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Rule "don't aren't"

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Description: don't aren't
Message: Two consecutive contractions are very uncommon. Did you maybe just mean \1 or \2\3?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I cannot can't do it.
    Correction suggestion: cannot, can't
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: DON_T_AREN_T [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-02 22:33:08 +0200)