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Rule "Collocation: Look at/to"

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Description: Collocation: Look at/to
Message: The usual preposition for "mirror" is "in", not "at".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I suppose what makes me unusual is the fact that I can put on make up without looking at a mirror.
    Correction suggestion: looking in a mirror
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: LOOK_AT_TO [20]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)