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Rule "two tank's (tanks)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: two tank's (tanks)
Message: The possessive apostrophe seems to be incorrect. Please remove the apostrophe if you want to use the plural form of '\4'.
Category: Typography (ID: TYPOGRAPHY)
Link: https://onlinewritingtraining.com.au/apostrophe-usage-use/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • A lot of modern API's are based on JSON.
    Correction suggestion: APIs
  • I burned you a couple of CD's, some old stuff, some new stuff.
    Correction suggestion: CDs
  • The song I got from is where a full house (three jack’s and a pair of nine’s) goes up against a royal flush and the singer loses it all.
    Correction suggestion: nines
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • A majority of FERC's governing board believes that price caps would deter investors from building new power plants in California, thereby complicating efforts to increase energy supplies.
ID: SPURIOUS_APOSTROPHE [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-11 22:33:08 +0100)