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Rule "several other (others)"

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Description: several other (others)
Message: Possibly, a noun is missing after '\2'. Or do you mean others?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I saw him and and several other.
    Correction suggestion: others
  • Tom and several other did a great job.
    Correction suggestion: others
  • Many other have been hiding from the police.
    Correction suggestion: others
  • And will these other have a test?
    Correction suggestion: others
  • All those other ran away.
    Correction suggestion: others
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I saw him and and several others.
  • As with most other liquefied noble gases, argon has a high scintillation lightyield
  • I saw him and and several other people.
  • All other gas supply/transport/balancing agreement...
  • Unlike most other land carnivorans, bears are plantigrade.
  • The device is just on my coffee table at the moment for testing in the lounge next to a few other plug in devices.
  • Some of us users out there (such as myself and a few other confirmed podmins) have found that installing Diaspora and Mastodon on the same server can be extremely troublesome.
  • Agreed, but I think we're going to have to get rid of Madame Speaker Pelosi and quite a few other compromised Ds before that happens.
  • Many other renowned writers agree—to write is to rewrite.
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ID: SEVERAL_OTHER [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-10 22:33:07 +0200)