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Rule "other vs others"

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Description: other vs others
Message: It seems that the plural noun others fits better in this context.
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I will check if this is a problem other also have.
    Correction suggestion: others
  • Other might benefit from it.
    Correction suggestion: Others
  • Other were successful with CoRE.
    Correction suggestion: Others
  • I heard Gov. Perry and other have rejected her, but Dealy keeps pushing.
    Correction suggestion: others
  • Please let me know the way to broadcast this so other know this idea has been put up
    Correction suggestion: others
  • One is work as NGINX and other run the PHP.
    Correction suggestion: others
  • It called out that some jobs were local, in-memory jobs and other were clustered, persisted jobs.
    Correction suggestion: others
  • I'm curious to know what other think about me.
    Correction suggestion: others
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • My significant other has 3 nipples.
  • What other do you recommend?
  • Why would ‘other stuff going on on my machine’ interfere with NextCloud.
  • Other supported NAS devices are the Buffalo Kurobox Pro, GLAN Tank, Thecus N2100 and QNAP Turbo Stations.
  • ANEEL is backed by the Ministry of Energy and by other Federally owned generations, who have many votes in the MAE.
  • Other noted Corsair pilots of the period included VMF-124's Kenneth Walsh, James E. Swett, and Archie Donahue, VMF-215's Robert M. Hanson and Don Aldrich, and VF-17's Tommy Blackburn, Roger Hedrick, and Ira Kepford.
  • Due to the similarity between early Avestan and Sanskrit (and other related early Indo-European languages such as Latin and Ancient Greek)
  • There are a couple of other retrofit wifi solutions.
  • We also received two other completed CA's tonight.
  • They have a characteristic immunoglobulin fold in which two beta sheets create a "sandwich" shape, held together by interactions between conserved cysteines and other charged amino acids.
  • Nor one nor t'other had slept a wink!
  • This further understanding caused Tax to push further to gather other advise from outside counsel operating in the Tokyo market.
  • There are a lot of other frequently asked questions.
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ID: OTHER_OTHERS [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)