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Rule "ruff vs rough"

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Description: ruff vs rough
Message: Did you mean the adjective rough?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He was as ruff as a stone.
    Correction suggestion: rough
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: RUFF_ROUGH [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-30 22:33:07 +0200)