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Rule "driver's licence/driving licence"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: driver's licence/driving licence
Message: This term is chiefly North American English. Consider a replacement.
Category: American English phrases (ID: AMERICAN_ENGLISH)
Link: https://www.lexico.com/definition/driving_licence
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I've got a full, clean driver's licence.
    Correction suggestion: driving licence
ID: DRIVERS_LICENSE [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2025-01-05 22:33:09 +0100)