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Rule "wont vs. want"

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Description:	wont vs. want
Message:	Did you mean the verb \1?
Category:	Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link:	https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/want
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	I wont to go home. Correction suggestion: want
Correct sentences for comparison:	It was my father's wont to read the newspaper before breakfast. I’m worried I wont like the one I get assigned to. As is the wont of seamen, to beguile their toil one of them sang a song, in the chorus of which the others joined at intervals.
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	WONT_WANT [2]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)

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