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Rule "opining vs. opening"

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Description:	opining vs. opening
Message:	Did you mean opening (= present participle of "to open")?
Category:	Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	He is opining the windows. Correction suggestion: opening
Correct sentences for comparison:	All the usual suspects were on the floor opining on the issue. He was an apologist for slavery, opining that it should be condoned if it was used to allow an elite to pursue scientific enquiry.
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	OPINING_OPENING [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-11 16:45:48 +0000)

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