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Rule "look (watch)"

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Description: look (watch)
Message: Did you mean watched?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-see-look-watch/#what-does-%E2%80%9Cwatch%E2%80%9D-mean
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I looked TV in the morning.
    Correction suggestion: watched
  • She looked poker on television.
    Correction suggestion: watched
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: LOOK_WATCH [4]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)