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Rule "past vs paste"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	past vs paste
Message:	Did you mean the verb <suggestion>paste</suggestion> ("copy & paste")?
Category:	Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	I will past it into the text field. Correction suggestion: paste I can past it into the email. Correction suggestion: paste
Correct sentences for comparison:	Too bad she brushed past it in the article itself. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible
ID:	PAST_PASTE [3]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)

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