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Rule "stock and trade (stock in trade)"

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Description: stock and trade (stock in trade)
Message: Did you mean stock in trade?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Swords and knives are their stock and trade.
    Correction suggestion: stock in trade
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Swords and bullion cubes are their stock in trade.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: STOCK_AND_TRADE [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-27 22:33:07 +0200)