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Rule "closer from/to"

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Description: closer from/to
Message: The usual collocation for "\1" is "to", not "from". Did you mean simply \1 to or further from?
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
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: CLOSER_FROM [135]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)