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Rule "prefer to [gerund] → [base form]"

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Description: prefer to [gerund] → [base form]
Message: Did you mean \3?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/present-participle-example/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Some other people prefer to changing job.
    Correction suggestion: change
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: PREFER_TO_VBG [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)