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Rule "Missing punctuation after an interjection"

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Description:	Missing punctuation after an interjection
Message:	Interjections are usually punctuated.
Category:	Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link:	http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/interjection.htm
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	Oh horrid examples... Correction suggestion: Oh,, Oh!, Oh?, Oh.
Correct sentences for comparison:	Oh, horrid examples... Oh my God, I can’t believe this. Oh my, that's horrible! Yahoo Mail. Oh yeah, that's great! When he goes to the pub, it's for company, and when he makes his rounds at night, the wee folk give him sport. The term Wee Free was an epithet commonly used to distinguish two Scottish Presbyterian Churches after the union of 1900. Deirdre is suddenly canny, funny and a wee bit naughty. Oh boy.
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	INTERJECTIONS_PUNCTUATION [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-14 16:45:17 +0000)

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