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Rule "Collocation: on/in the afternoon"

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Description: Collocation: on/in the afternoon
Message: The usual preposition for "\3" is "in", not "on". Try it like this: in \2 \3.
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/in-on-at-grammar/#using-%E2%80%9Cin%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%9Con%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Cat%E2%80%9D-as-prepositions-of-time
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The meeting is on the afternoon.
    Correction suggestion: in the afternoon
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: ON_IN_THE_AFTERNOON [76]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)