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Rule "your (you're)"

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Description: your (you're)
Message: Did you mean you're (short for 'you are')?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/your-vs-youre/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Your not eating!
    Correction suggestion: You're
  • I’m sorry to hear your not doing well.
    Correction suggestion: you're
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: YOUR [4]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-10 22:33:07 +0200)