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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 (2024-11-22 22:33:09 +0100)

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