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Rule "confusion of emigrate and immigrate"

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Description: confusion of emigrate and immigrate
Message: The verb "immigrate" describes moving to a place, and "emigrate" describes moving away from a place. Did you mean "\1 to" or "\1 from"?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-immigrate-emigrate-migrate/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We will emigrate to Canada.
    Correction suggestion: immigrate to, emigrate from
  • Tom emigrated to Australia.
    Correction suggestion: immigrated to, emigrated from
  • Later, Motahari emigrates to Isfahan because of hot climate of Qom
    Correction suggestion: immigrates to, emigrates from
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: EMIGRATE_IMMIGRATE_CONFUSION [1]
Version: 6.4-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-27 22:33:08 +0100)