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Rule "westing vs wasting"

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Description: westing vs wasting
Message: Did you mean the verb wasting (as in 'wasting time')?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He is westing my time!
    Correction suggestion: wasting
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: WESTING_WASTING [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-28 22:33:07 +0100)