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Rule "to/two (too) late/soon/much"

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Description: to/two (too) late/soon/much
Message: Did you mean too?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-to-too-two/#when-to-use-%E2%80%9Ctoo%E2%80%9D
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • You drive way to fast.
    Correction suggestion: too
  • I think this would be way to complicated to implement.
    Correction suggestion: too
  • Saw Pearl Harbor, watched a few DVD's, and ate way to much.
    Correction suggestion: too
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Introduction Earnings season will start to slow down next week, giving way to economic data.
  • Fast way to test daily defense teams?
  • Cassette tapes seem to have given way to compact disks in popularity.
  • Camelot where everything is free is giving way to cold fiscal reality.
  • It was written in a rounded script, which later gave way to cursive Estrangela.
  • This leads way to several vulnerabilities among the federation network
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: TO_TOO [18]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-22 22:33:07 +0200)