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Rule "not us (use)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: not us (use)
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>use</suggestion>?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Please do not us this door.
    Correction suggestion: use
  • Please don't us dispose.
    Correction suggestion: use
  • It was not us to try.
    Correction suggestion: use
  • It was not us to them.
    Correction suggestion: use
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Please do not use this door.
  • It's not us who did it.
  • It's them not us.
  • They ain't us!
  • They aren't us!
  • It was them and not us women.
  • Our governments belong to us, not us to them.
  • He would be taxed by the Mexican tax authority, not US.
ID: NOT_US1 [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2025-01-09 22:33:10 +0100)