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Rule "tent vs tend"

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Description: tent vs tend
Message: Did you mean the verb \3?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I tent to agree with you.
    Correction suggestion: tend
  • A simple line break does not necessarily mean that the sentence ended, people tent to use line breaks to format sentences.
    Correction suggestion: tend
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • He left the tent to resume the march at 9 pm.
  • We will buy a camping tent to prepare for the cold weather.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: TENT_TEND [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-05 22:33:07 +0200)