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Rule "Profanity"

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Description: Profanity
By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message: This phrase is considered offensive.
Category: Style (ID: STYLE)
Link: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/01/us/nyc-illegal-alien-discrimination-guidance/index.html
Tags: [picky]
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • A business owner was sentenced to prison for harboring illegal aliens.
    Correction suggestion: undocumented immigrants, unlawful non-citizens, undocumented foreign nationals, foreign nationals
Pattern: Show XML · Show in Rule Editor
Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: PROFANITY_XML [3]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-15 22:33:07 +0200)