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Rule "Repetition of two words ('at the at the')"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Repetition of two words ('at the at the')
Message: This phrase is duplicated. You should probably use <suggestion>\1 \2</suggestion> only once.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Hepatology at the at the turn of centuries.
    Correction suggestion: at the
  • Again he returned to the study and placed the lamp on the on the table
    Correction suggestion: on the
  • A handicapped accessible shuttle bus is available from the from the Purdue University parking lot.
    Correction suggestion: from the
  • The house was as dark as dark.
    Correction suggestion: as dark
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • All we wanted to do was to stand very quietly and look and look and look.
  • In an era where bond yields are already as low as low can be, quantitative easing promises to be...
  • The white spots are saturated -- as white as white can be -- and all the enhancements that everyone is...
  • What if you're not as good as good should be?
  • Northern California dispatches from 2015 were as bad as bad could be.
  • He needed a bell as big as Big Ben.
  • Very few men were as big as Big Rich.
  • I saw Jim and Mary taking a walk hand in hand in the park.
  • Jane calls a spade a spade.
  • It is very far as far as I know.
  • Entertainment is about to get as real as real life and nothing will ever be the same.
  • No credit is almost as bad as bad credit.
  • He accuses the public health lobby of being just as big as big business.
  • I think this rule should be replaced step by step by new rules.
  • It moves from side to side.
  • He goes door to door to convince people of his campaign.
  • Mic check, one three one three.
  • He does that from time to time to improve his skills.
  • Please call one two six six six six zero.
  • If you know you know.
  • If he dies he dies.
ID: PHRASE_REPETITION [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)