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Rule "Collocation: guilty for/of"

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Description:	Collocation: guilty for/of
Message:	The usual collocation for "\1" is "of", not "\2". Did you mean \1 of?
Category:	Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	Mark is guilty for laziness. Correction suggestion: guilty of
Correct sentences for comparison:	...the court enters a plea of not guilty for a defendant who refuses to enter a plea.
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	GUILTY_FOR_OF [119]
Version:	6.1-SNAPSHOT (2023-03-21 21:33:02 +0000)

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