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Rule "heart/herd vs heard"

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Description: heart/herd vs heard
Message: Did you mean the verb heard (= past tense of "hear")?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Have you ever heart of this?
    Correction suggestion: heard
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: HEART_HEARD [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-30 22:33:07 +0200)