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Rule "marriage (wedding) anniversary"

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Description: marriage (wedding) anniversary
Message: Wedding anniversaries are the proper term to describe the anniversary of the day of a wedding.
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/172131/difference-between-wedding-and-marriage
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We celebrated our fifth marriage anniversary last year.
    Correction suggestion: wedding
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: MARRIAGE_ANNIVERSARY [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-28 22:33:07 +0100)