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Rule "buy (by) + gerund verb"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	buy (by) + gerund verb
Message:	Did you mean <suggestion>by</suggestion>?
Category:	Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/buy-by-bye-word-choice/#when-to-use-%E2%80%9Cby%E2%80%9D
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	We exploit these two features buy using Named Entity recognition. Correction suggestion: by Buy making it our top pick in the sector. Correction suggestion: By Get some buy doing treasure maps. Correction suggestion: by Several years can go buy waiting for recovery. Correction suggestion: by
Correct sentences for comparison:	I'm here to buy wedding gifts. You can't buy advertising like that. I usually buy clothing at a local store. On May 30, Salomon Smith Barney reiterated its Buy rating on Sprint PCS shares. For ENE, our Strong Buy rating expects that the deal spread, currently about 30% will narrow as progress is made toward a closing.
ID:	BUY_VBG [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-24 22:33:07 +0200)

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