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Rule "'this' vs. 'these'"

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Description:	'this' vs. 'these'
Message:	The possessive apostrophe may be missing.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/possessive-apostrophe/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	This years election will change everything. Correction suggestion: This year's, These years And this weeks platform update is a relatively small. Correction suggestion: this week's, these weeks
Correct sentences for comparison:	I suggested this years ago. Been working on this months now and am exasperated.
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	THIS_NNS [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)

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