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Rule "ware vs wear"

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Description: ware vs wear
Message: Did you mean the verb were or \3?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • They ware my sunglasses at night.
    Correction suggestion: were, wear
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: WARE_WEAR [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)