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Rule "Extreme adjectives"

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Description: Extreme adjectives
Message: Consider using an extreme adjective for 'clean'.
Category: Style (ID: STYLE)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/really-very/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • This room is extremely clean.
    Correction suggestion: spotless
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • He has written really clean code.
  • Tom is extremely clean.
  • I asked him to lay the shelf down on the floor and thoroughly clean under it.
  • I asked him to lay the shelf down on the floor to thoroughly clean under it.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: EXTREME_ADJECTIVES [4]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)