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Rule "may vs many/my"

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Description: may vs many/my
Message: Did you mean many, the month May (capitalized), or my?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-may-vs-might/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • April showers brings may flowers.
    Correction suggestion: many, May, my
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Check the following text against just this rule:

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