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Rule "stationary (stationery)"

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Description: stationary (stationery)
Message: Did you mean stationary (= immobile/unchanged) instead of 'stationery' (= materials for writing)?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The exact word which my doctor used was stationery.
    Correction suggestion: stationary
  • The duckling waddled slowly across the road while the traffic remained stationery.
    Correction suggestion: stationary
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: STATIONARY_STATIONERY [4]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-29 22:33:07 +0200)