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Rule "ground beef/minced beef"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: ground beef/minced beef
Message: The term '\1 \2' is common for American English. Did you mean <suggestion>minced \2</suggestion>?
Category: American English phrases (ID: AMERICAN_ENGLISH)
Link: http://www.learnenglish.de/mistakes/USvsBrEnglish.html
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Do vegetarians eat ground beef?
    Correction suggestion: minced beef
ID: GROUND_VS_MINCED [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2025-01-05 22:33:09 +0100)