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Rule "Collocation: sit on the court/bench"

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Description: Collocation: sit on the court/bench
Message: The usual way to express a judge's association with a courtroom is with the phrase \1 on the bench.
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He is 67 year old and he sits on the court since 1998.
    Correction suggestion: sits on the bench
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: SIT_ON_THE_COURT [74]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)