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Rule "Use an adverb or a compound adjective, not an adjective"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Use an adverb or a compound adjective, not an adjective
Message: Make sure that the adjective '\3' is correct. Possibly, it should be an adverb (typically ~ly) that modifies '\4'. Possibly, it should be the first word in a compound adjective (hyphenated adjective). Possibly, it is correct.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://www.grammar.cl/english/compound-adjectives.htm
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It's a common used tool for spammers.
    Correction suggestion: common-used
  • ... suitable for mounted action and there was a long established culture of horsemanship amongst the Arab and...
    Correction suggestion: long-established
  • You're a natural born talker.
    Correction suggestion: natural-born
  • Beauty is a short lived tyranny.
    Correction suggestion: short-lived
  • It was the initial wound area.
    Correction suggestion: initial-wound
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • It is a commonly used tool for spammers.
  • It is the fourth known problem this week.
  • She is a very refined lady.
  • I would like to try the blue striped skirt.
  • There are 2 types of placement: ordered placement and unordered placement (they are examples of possible technical terms). For some unknown reason, the frequent ordered placements are not correct, but the infrequent ordered placements are correct.
  • It is unlikely that such a cool headed person got upset.
  • Slow roasted ribs are awesome!
  • ... fried chicken with a sweet orange flavored chili sauce that is thickened and glazed.
  • The frequent ordered dish.
  • Special terminology used by selected individuals.
  • Tom felt cold.
  • This is much less saturated fat.
  • I'm a good fit due to...
  • I waved good bye and then walked away.
  • It is the perfect hard-boiled egg.
  • Please come downstairs.
  • It was a very limited approach.
  • Lossless compressed audio format.
  • Lossy compressed audio format.
  • ... and a lossless compressed audio format.
  • ... is awarded first base on four called balls.
  • ... and they just got carried away.
  • If she gets home exhausted today, I will...
  • ... and the 2nd mixed group can do the task next week.
  • Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic.
  • He looked tired then.
  • One stayed and the other went away.
  • Her older sister cut samples from the cloth.
  • Her older sister got rich when she won the lottery.
  • He put great emphasis on spoken English.
  • ERA — Earned run average : total number of earned runs ( see " ER " above ), multiplied by 9, divided by innings pitched.
  • The Hittites adopted the cuneiform written script, invented in Mesopotamia.
  • At the time, NASA called it the most successful manned flight ever achieved.
  • Tom decided to say nothing until everyone else had given their opinions.
  • There was danger lest the secret become known.
  • The Amazon River and its tributaries are characterized by extensive forested areas that become flooded every rainy season.
  • True aspirated voiced stops, as opposed to murmured voiced stops such as are extremely rare, but have been described in the Kelabit language.
  • A lofty isolated ridge formed its acropolis.
  • Have you named your new born baby?
  • Its name has become a byword for any and all supposed advanced prehistoric lost civilizations
  • Royal beef – deep-fried sliced beef, doused in a wine sauce and often served with steamed broccoli.
  • All representatives and senators listed represented Alabama except where noted.
  • The design is complemented by joinery windows set with multicolored stained glass.
  • Disabled basketball played by various disabled groups, such as...
  • It is the only known source of The Method of Mechanical Theorems, referred to by...
  • An affidavit is a written sworn statement of fact voluntarily made by...
  • There is no satisfying spoiled children.
  • The military's armoured car is a wheeled armoured vehicle, generally lighter...
  • ... another literary forerunner was an epic written by Hellanicus of Lesbos...
  • The assignment was described as not being a good fit in either direction.
  • The centrepiece of the exhibit is a suspended mounted Blue Whale skeleton, gleaned from the...
  • The foundation is an independent registered charity funded by the entire profits of ...
  • He was a little upset due to ...
  • They were a group called Pariahs.
  • He was last seen taken care of by his mother.
  • It is the so-called personalized treatment
  • It was this one entitled kid.
  • It was a snow-white padded walling.
  • There was a pandemic called COVID-19.
  • There is an animal called seal which has ...
  • There is a device called computer which has many complex parts.
  • This could be a good fit once we have statistics.
  • There is a fluid called sebum.
  • It is the bright LED light in the basement.
  • In mathematics, a Banach space is a complete normed vector space.
  • It's a difficult thought process.
  • There is no color left now.
  • Since you are both on extended leave I wanted to ...
  • They are the on extended sabbaticals.
  • What's your favorite animated movie?
  • What's your favorite stuffed animal?
  • It's a popular common used tool.
  • Sorry sir, this frequent ordered dish is sold out today.
  • A spelling error can reliable be detected.
  • The initial installed software is working.
  • There's a special Associated Students of the University of California membership card on it.
  • It is the chosen written courses or …
ID: ADVERB_OR_HYPHENATED_ADJECTIVE [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-06 22:33:09 +0100)