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Rule "waiting (for) a patient"

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Description: waiting (for) a patient
By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message: The word "for" is missing between "\1" and "\1 \2".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Anne is waiting her patient.
    Correction suggestion: waiting for her patient
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: WAITING_MY_PATIENT [144]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-23 22:33:07 +0200)