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Rule "wont (won't)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: wont (won't)
Message: Please make sure you mean 'wont' (a habit), not <suggestion>won't</suggestion>/<suggestion>won’t</suggestion> (short for 'will not')?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • No, I wont do that.
    Correction suggestion: won't, won’t
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • We were wont to meet at that pleasant spot.
  • As is his wont, Tourneur shows us only parts of the set, in logical sequence, each at the moment when, and not before, we need to see it.
ID: WONT_CONTRACTION [1]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-29 22:33:07 +0100)