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Rule "wreck (wreak) havoc"

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Description: wreck (wreak) havoc
Message: Did you mean wreak havoc?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The hurricane would go on to wreck havoc up and down the coast.
    Correction suggestion: wreak havoc
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: WRECK_HAVOC [1]
Version: 6.4-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-27 22:33:08 +0100)