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Rule "past vs paste"

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Description: past vs paste
Message: Did you mean the verb paste ("copy & paste")?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We want to know what our users past into the text field.
    Correction suggestion: paste
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: PAST_PASTE [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)