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Rule "'this' vs. 'these'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

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.
ID:	THIS_NNS [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-26 22:33:08 +0100)

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