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Rule "mus (must)"

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Description: mus (must)
Message: Did you mean the modal verb must? 'Mus' is the plural of the Greek letter µ (mu).
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • This issue mus exist already.
    Correction suggestion: must
  • These problems mus already have been corrected.
    Correction suggestion: must
  • You mus see my new car.
    Correction suggestion: must
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • This issue must exist already.
  • Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) Mental Health Treatment.
  • How many mus are there in the sentence that follows?
  • The number of mus was indeterminate.
  • ... in a traditional order established by medieval grammarians: mus (nominative), muris (genitive), muri (dative), murem (accusative), (O) mus (vocative).
  • ... by Giuseppe Maria Buini (mus.) and Claudio Nicola Stampa (libr.), first performed at the Teatro Ducale of Milan, Italy.
  • ... someone asks "ut mutus sit Quartus" and "erret fugiens ut mus".
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Check the following text against just this rule:

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