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Rule "Short superlatives"

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Description:	Short superlatives
Message:	This adjective uses the short superlative form.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-comparatives-superlatives/#superlative-forms-of-adjectives
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	This example is the most silly I have read. Correction suggestion: the silliest
Correct sentences for comparison:	These are the industries yielding the most rich people. The Lone Star State passed New York as home to the most big companies in the latest list compiled by Fortune magazine. Of us four, I eat the most old cheese. He is the person who knows the most old people. She is the student I am the most proud of. They went off into what appears to be the most fierce and unreal battle ever.
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ID:	SHORT_SUPERLATIVES [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-18 22:33:07 +0200)

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