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Rule "Collocation: in/on the team"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Collocation: in/on the team
Message: The usual preposition for team membership is "on", not "in". Try it like this: <suggestion>on \2 \3's \5 \6</suggestion>.
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • in the men's basketball team.
    Correction suggestion: on the men's basketball team
ID: IN_ON_THE_TEAM [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-01 22:33:09 +0100)