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Discover LudwigThe phrase "false rumour" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it to refer to a piece of information that is widely shared, but known to be false. For example, "The false rumour quickly spread that the school was closing permanently."
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Twitter has been awash with false rumour and speculation.
This was a horrible false rumour which Michael did nothing to combat.
Someone spread the utterly false rumour that she was the result of Mr McCain's adultery with a black woman.
Simon wrote: "I reminded him that in 1815 a false rumour that we had lost the Battle of Waterloo produced a financial crisis and ruined many people.
The "false rumour" he was referring to concerns the idea that all might not be rosy between the US president and Theresa May.
But it is not hard to imagine more malign motives: creating a false rumour to profit from manipulating a firm's share price, for example.
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False rumours.
There are so many false rumours".
Sometimes, false rumours are not quashed.
It was a cruel time filled with many false rumours.
They were nabbed, police claim, for spreading false rumours.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com