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Rule "ones (one's)"

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Description: ones (one's)
Message: Did you mean one's?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • One should always wash ones feet in the morning.
    Correction suggestion: one's
  • Carer information: how to care for your loved ones feet.
    Correction suggestion: one's
  • Being a forager was once an essential part of ones life.
    Correction suggestion: one's
  • It is important to brush ones teeth every day.
    Correction suggestion: one's
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • The common ones clashing with the noble ones
  • These were the ones Keith sought out.
  • They could predict which islands would become vulnerable with warming, and which ones might become better habitats.
  • ... nameless citizens who are separated from loved ones in other towns.
  • Give your loved ones money.
  • Rice-based solutions are preferred to glucose-based ones due to greater efficiency.
  • The frustration faced by folks who see loved ones failing to take proper care of themselves is phenomenal.
  • The early decades of the province were ones in which issues of land use—specifically, its settlement and development—were paramount.
  • But there are still dedicated anti-tank vehicles with very heavy long-range missiles, and ones intended for airborne use.
  • There are nearly one hundred galleries open to the public, representing of exhibition space, although the less popular ones have restricted opening times.
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ID: ONES [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-23 22:33:07 +0200)