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Should flag "incidence" used when "incident" is intended.
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Description
I just heard a YouTuber **in which** is pretty well known for weird English grammar say "incidences" at least three times in the one video when he was actually talking about "incidents".
This is apparently so common that there's websites discussing the confusion:
- https://www.grammarly.com/commonly-confused-words/incidences-vs-incidents
- https://www.trinka.ai/blog/incident-vs-incidence/
- https://www.grammarbook.com/homonyms/incidences-incidents.asp
- https://www.reddit.com/r/ENGLISH/comments/y9g42w/when_to_use_incidents_versus_incidences/
- https://bestcompari.com/incidents-or-incidences/
- https://www.michiganpublic.org/arts-culture/2020-06-28/twts-incidents-and-incidence-lead-to-instant-confusion
- https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/24/incidence-incidents-instances/
- https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=incidence
Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue names no files, entry points, or tests. Start by locating the existing confused-word rules and their tests, then compare how a proposed “incidence” versus “incident” warning would fit. Done means the intended misuse is flagged without incorrectly rejecting valid uses of “incidence”.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
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- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100