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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:	His idea came much to soon to be successful. Correction suggestion: too It is to soon to move the entire industry. Correction suggestion: too This is to long ago. Correction suggestion: too It was to distant in the past. Correction suggestion: too The box is not to far from it. Correction suggestion: too The box wasn't to far from it. Correction suggestion: too
Correct sentences for comparison:	Items X and Y were two items that revolutionized the field. The plan is to soon launch a new plane. The weather was too cold to go swimming. He has been to far more places than him. From early 60's to late 70's. The purpose is to narrow the economic gap. There were two tall oak trees. The theory behind these refuges is to slow the evolution of resistance to the pesticide. One thing we might do is to narrow the scope without tainting the quality of our idealism—narrow it, I mean, both in time and space.
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ID:	TO_TOO [7]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)

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