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Rule "closer from/to"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: closer from/to
Message: The usual collocation for "\1" is "to", not "from". Did you mean simply <suggestion>\1 to</suggestion> or <suggestion>further from</suggestion>?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I moved in July to be closer from school.
    Correction suggestion: closer to, further from
ID: CLOSER_FROM [135]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)