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Rule "at a lose (at a loss)"

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Description: at a lose (at a loss)
Message: Did you mean loose (adjective) or loss (noun)?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/loss-vs-lose/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Feeling at a lose and frustrated.
    Correction suggestion: loose, loss
  • The lose of a good friend.
    Correction suggestion: loose, loss
  • A lose tooth in a child often signals an exciting rite of passage.
    Correction suggestion: loose, loss
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: LOSE_LOSS [1]
Version: 6.4-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-27 22:33:08 +0100)