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Rule "dose vs does"

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Description: dose vs does
Message: Did you mean does or doses?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-forms-of-do/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • She dose not know what she's talking about.
    Correction suggestion: does, doses
  • Google normally dose not care about privacy.
    Correction suggestion: does, doses
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Low Dose of Aspirin.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: DOSE_DOES [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-23 22:33:07 +0200)