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Rule "two tank's (tanks)"

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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 '\3'.
Category:	Typography (ID: TYPOGRAPHY)
Link:	https://onlinewritingtraining.com.au/apostrophe-usage-use/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	The idea's we had were all really good. Correction suggestion: ideas Those are the one's I tested. Correction suggestion: ones Need I say anything about the problem’s it causes? Correction suggestion: problems Nowhere in any of the reply’s I see an explanation for that. Correction suggestion: replies
Correct sentences for comparison:	If you’ve read and enjoyed Hofstadter and Dennet’s The Mind’s I, I would very strongly recommend it.
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	SPURIOUS_APOSTROPHE [6]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)

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