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Rule "envelope (envelop)"

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Description: envelope (envelop)
Message: Did you mean the verb \1?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The smell started to envelope me.
    Correction suggestion: envelop
  • The soft duvet envelopes her.
    Correction suggestion: envelops
  • The duvet, which envelopes me fully, is soft and warm.
    Correction suggestion: envelops
  • The blankets, which envelope them in lamblike softness, are made from...
    Correction suggestion: envelop
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • The smell started to envelop me.
  • Tom gave Mary an envelope he wanted her to give to John.
  • Have you seen the envelope our boss gave to me?
  • I lost the large envelopes he gave to me.
  • I know which envelopes our boss wants.
  • Do you know which envelopes her mother wants?
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: ENVELOPE_ENVELOP [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-04 22:33:07 +0200)