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Rule "Wrong apostrophe character"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Wrong apostrophe character
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>\1'\3</suggestion> or <suggestion>\1’\3</suggestion>?
Category: Typography (ID: TYPOGRAPHY)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/punctuation-guide/#what-is-an-apostrophe
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • You shouldn;t do it!
    Correction suggestion: shouldn't, shouldn’t
  • I couldn t do it!
    Correction suggestion: couldn't, couldn’t
ID: WRONG_APOSTROPHE [5]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-22 22:33:09 +0100)