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Rule "to vs two"

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Description: to vs two
Message: Did you mean the number two?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-to-too-two/#when-to-use-%E2%80%9Ctwo%E2%80%9D
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We have to new developers.
    Correction suggestion: two
  • We have these to problems:
    Correction suggestion: two
  • I currently have to charts displaying data for the “Last Day” and the “Last Week” and I label them as such.
    Correction suggestion: two
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • We have to book taxes to all three paths in Hyperion.
  • You can't teach a man to fish if he complains about having to fish.
  • They’re the closest things I have to grandparents now.
  • It is a safe haven to members of the task force.
  • A court decision in the case could help clarify what duty an employer has to potential employees with disabilities.
  • The free access which many young people have to romances, novels, and plays has poisoned the mind and corrupted the morals of many a promising youth; and prevented others from improving their minds in useful knowledge.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: TO_TWO [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)