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Rule "Collocation: on/in the corner"

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Description: Collocation: on/in the corner
Message: The usual preposition to use with "corner" is "in", not "on". Did you mean in \2 \3 \4 \5?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The button is on the top left corner of the screen.
    Correction suggestion: in the top left corner
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: ON_IN_THE_CORNER [171]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-23 22:33:07 +0200)