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Rule "red vs read"

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Description: red vs read
Message: The word "red" is an adjective (color). Did you mean the verb read?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I can red a book.
    Correction suggestion: read
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: RED_READ [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-10 22:33:07 +0200)