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Rule "Collocation: do/play game"

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Description: Collocation: do/play game
Message: The usual collocation for an activity that does not end in "-ing" and where there can be a winner is "play", not "do" or "go".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I like to do soccer on the weekend.
    Correction suggestion: play soccer
  • I like doing soccer on the weekend.
    Correction suggestion: playing soccer
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: PLAY_GAMES [45]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-21 11:28:37 +0200)