LanguageTool Community

<< return to list of rules

Rule "the flew (flu)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect. Visit the LanguageTool homepage to use it online or download it for free.

Description: the flew (flu)
Message: Did you mean flu (flew is past tense of fly, flu is a viral disease)?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I have been out with the flew for the past 3 days.
    Correction suggestion: flu
Pattern: Show XML · Show in Rule Editor
Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: THE_FLEW [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-23 22:33:07 +0200)