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Rule "tat (that)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	tat (that)
Message:	In British English, the noun '\1' means tasteless or shoddy items. Did you mean <suggestion>that</suggestion>?
Category:	Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link:	https://www.lexico.com/definition/tat
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	I think tat is correct. Correction suggestion: that Tat is not correct. Correction suggestion: That Tat, spoken in a hurry, sounds weird. Correction suggestion: That ... misunderstand because tat, spoken in a hurry, sounds like... Correction suggestion: that Although I think tat that is sometimes a... Correction suggestion: that The manager thinks that tat must be decided later. Correction suggestion: that The mechanism involved in tat activation is not known. Correction suggestion: that 3. `` tat loads a js script that waits for a button to appear... Correction suggestion: that ... it damages your camshafts (been there, seen tat) and can lead to catastrophic damage. Correction suggestion: that I told her tat she must not do it. Correction suggestion: that Unfortunately, tat gene is defective. Correction suggestion: that Biology courses teach us tat proteins are essential for the organism. Correction suggestion: that Although I think that tat can be used effectively in some furnishing contexts... Correction suggestion: that
Correct sentences for comparison:	I think that is correct. Finally, she got rid of that old tat. She can also tat and crochet lace. The general mechanism involved in Tat activation of RNA Polymerase II (RNAP II) elongation... [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700838/] nhac.tat.nguyen: @shao.tat, use the REST API GET /wiki/rest/api/user/current. Lamma Island(Sok Kwu Wan and Mo Tat) to Aberdeen HKR International Limited: ... of the Chandogya Upanishad, whose Mahāvākya, Tat Tvam Asi, is mentioned throughout... ... Lezgian, Rutul, Talysh, Tat, Tsakhur, and Udi are all spoken by small minorities. The main contractor was a joint venture, comprising the contracting firms Sanfield and Tat Lee, called Manloze Ltd. When Baku was occupied by the Russian troops during the war of 1804–13, nearly the entire population of some 8,000 people was ethnic Tat. The TAT gene provides instructions for making a liver enzyme called tyrosine aminotransferase (https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/TAT]). The two tat proteins (p16 and p14) are transcriptional transactivators for the... I crochet and tat left-handed, but I knit right-handed because... The six remaining genes, tat, rev, nef, vif, vpr, and vpu (or vpx in the case of HIV-2), are regulatory genes... Tat, spoken in parts of Azerbaijan, Russia, and Transcaucasia... It's floor to ceiling tat; let's get out of this shop.
ID:	TAT [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-28 22:33:08 +0100)