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Rule "im (I'm)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: im (I'm)
Message: Make sure that '\1' is an abbreviation (instant message, individual medley, infectious mononucleosis). Did you mean <suggestion>\1</suggestion> or <suggestion>\1</suggestion>?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-uppercase-i/#do-contractions-with-%E2%80%9Ci%E2%80%9D-get-capitalized-too
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • IM curious.
    Correction suggestion: I'm, I am
  • ... although IM not happy about it.
    Correction suggestion: I'm, I am
  • Did you know IM 18 next week?
    Correction suggestion: I'm, I am
  • YES, IM 100% IN ENE.
    Correction suggestion: I'm, I am
  • IM SO SICK OF IT
    Correction suggestion: I'm, I am
  • IM afraid we won’t be able to read the alert.
    Correction suggestion: I'm, I am
  • Hello, IM Arabic.
    Correction suggestion: I'm, I am
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I'm curious.
  • Im curious.
  • ... and im 18 next week.
  • The word (IM) in parentheses is not likely to be an error.
  • The word IM (usually) is an abbreviation for 'instant message'.
  • This IM caused me much confusion.
  • Did you send an IM?
  • Chris Prouty offers a panoramic overview of the response in Italy to the news: Also, set up the MSN IM so we can talk.
  • ... which you use for your IM service.
  • ... you need an accompanying IM service.
  • I sent you an IM yesterday.
  • Some of these IM services are not very good.
  • Attached is another redlined draft of the IM.
  • JUBAYR IBN MUT'IM REPORTED THAT A WOMAN...
  • Sitara shows HPLC IM Wellhead.
  • Pidgin (IM client)
  • ...in these technologies by transliterating the Arabic text using the Latin script, sometimes known as IM Arabic.
ID: IM_I_M [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2025-01-12 22:33:09 +0100)