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Rule "spoked (spoke/spoken)"

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Description: spoked (spoke/spoken)
Message: "spoked" is the past tense of "spoke" (= to furnish with spokes). Did you mean the past tense of "speak"?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He spoked Russian.
    Correction suggestion: spoke
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: SPOKED [4]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-01 22:33:07 +0200)