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Rule "Collocation: Sit in/at"

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Description: Collocation: Sit in/at
Message: The usual preposition for activities involving a desk is "at".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • At lunch, I eat with my colleague working or I eat in my desk alone.
    Correction suggestion: I eat at my desk
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ID: VERB_IN_AT [3]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)