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Rule "Collocation: located on (at) Main street"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Collocation: located on (at) Main street
Message: The usual preposition for an exact address is "at", not "on". Did you mean <suggestion>located at \3 \4 \5</suggestion>?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/in-on-at-grammar/#using-%E2%80%9Cin%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%9Con%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Cat%E2%80%9D-as-prepositions-of-place
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The company's name is Denver Inc. and it's located on 11056 Main street.
    Correction suggestion: located at 11056 Main Street
  • The company's name is Denver Inc. and it's located in 11056 Great Suffolk St.
    Correction suggestion: located at 11056 Great Suffolk St
  • The company's name is Denver Inc. and it's located on 11056 Henri-Bourassa street.
    Correction suggestion: located at 11056 Henri-Bourassa Street
ID: LOCATED_ON_AT [169]
Version: 6.7-SNAPSHOT (2025-05-12 22:33:09 +0200)