LanguageTool Community
Imprint · Privacy Policy
<< return to list of rules

Rule "confusion of 'us' vs. 'use'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect. Visit the LanguageTool homepage to use it online or download it for free.

Description: confusion of 'us' vs. 'use'
Message: Did you mean use?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I'm going to us that paycheck for my vacation.
    Correction suggestion: use
  • She has to us the next chance.
    Correction suggestion: use
  • He is required to us a new tool.
    Correction suggestion: use
  • Learn how to us a semicolon.
    Correction suggestion: use
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • We are willing to use your old car.
Pattern: Show XML · Show in Rule Editor
Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: US_USE [4]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)