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Rule "Style: 'possible' after 'possibility'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	Style: 'possible' after 'possibility'
Message:	Before '\2', use a word such as <suggestion>\1</suggestion> or <suggestion>\1</suggestion>. Alternatively, keep '\1' and replace '\2'.
Category:	Style (ID: STYLE)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	I did not have a possibility to check for possible errors. Correction suggestion: chance, opportunity A possibility for possible errors exist. Correction suggestion: chance, opportunity You should remove all possibilities for these possible errors. Correction suggestion: chances, opportunities
Correct sentences for comparison:	I did not have a chance to check for possible errors. I did not have a possibility to check for errors. Einstein published an article in 'Physikalische Zeitschrift' that proposed the possibility of stimulated emission, the physical process that makes possible the maser and the laser. There is a possible possibility that errors exist.
ID:	POSSIBILTY_POSSIBLE [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-25 22:33:08 +0200)

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