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Rule "mus (must)"

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Description: mus (must)
Message: Possible typo detected. 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:
  • Mus you do that now?
    Correction suggestion: Must
  • Mus the door be opened?
    Correction suggestion: Must
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Must you do that now?
  • The European version of this release, by La Vida Es Un Mus, contains the "Want Us Dead" record on side B.
  • Mus, BMus, Mus.B, or Mus.Bac.
  • Mus (genus), the genus of rodents containing many species of mice.
  • Fawn-colored mouse, Mus cervicolor
  • A decrease in the ratio has been found to increase the competitive ability of sperm in Mus species.
  • ... Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Mus'ab, to deal with an expansion of the Khurramite rebellion.
  • Gus Mus (born 1944), Islamic leader from Indonesia affiliated to Nahdlatul Ulama.
  • Mus was famous for his paintings. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Mus)
  • Mus is a city in France (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus,_Gard)
  • Mus carefully peels his grapes before eating them.
  • Mus showed them how to do it.
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ID: MUS_MUST [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-04 22:33:07 +0200)