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Rule "Collocation: do/have a meeting"

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Description: Collocation: do/have a meeting
Message: The usual verb for "a meeting" is "have", not "do"
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We decided to do a meeting the next day.
    Correction suggestion: have a meeting
  • Tom does a meeting the next day.
    Correction suggestion: has a meeting
  • We decided to did a meeting the next day.
    Correction suggestion: had a meeting
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: DO_HAVE_A_MEETING [57]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-17 22:33:07 +0200)