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Rule "here (hear)"

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Description: here (hear)
Message: Did you mean the exclamation \1\2 \3 (used to express wholehearted agreement)?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://www.lexico.com/definition/hear!_hear!
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We say, here here, it couldn't have happened to a nicer film/bloke.
    Correction suggestion: hear hear
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Look here, here and here.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: HERE_HEAR [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-21 11:28:37 +0200)