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Rule "Collocation: on/in fact"

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Description: Collocation: on/in fact
Message: The usual preposition for "fact" is "in". Did you mean In fact?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • On fact, the people are fed up of so many elections.
    Correction suggestion: In fact
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: ON_FACT [81]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-28 22:33:07 +0100)