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Rule "Collocation: Good in/at"

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Description: Collocation: Good in/at
Message: Use "good at" to mean "skilled" with school subjects. Try this: \1 at \3 \4.
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-good-vs-well/#when-to-use-%E2%80%9Cgood%E2%80%9D
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I'm good in world geography.
    Correction suggestion: good at world geography
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: GOOD_IN_AT [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)