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Rule "here (hear)"

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Description: here (hear)
Message: Did you mean hear?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/here
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Glad to here that!
    Correction suggestion: hear
  • She was surprised to here that!
    Correction suggestion: hear
  • Great to here you have decided to work for us!
    Correction suggestion: hear
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I live pretty close to here.
  • There are people who live close to here that won't even come.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: HERE_HEAR [3]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)