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Rule "Collocation: to found/find a cure"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Collocation: to found/find a cure
Message: The verb "to found" means "to establish", whereas "to find" means "to discover".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It took a while to found a cure for malaria.
    Correction suggestion: to find a cure
ID: TO_FOUND_FIND_A_CURE [131]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)