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Rule "first come, first serve(d)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: first come, first serve(d)
Message: Did you mean <suggestion>served</suggestion> (as in the idiom 'first come, first served')?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20come,%20first%20served
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • First come, first serve.
    Correction suggestion: served
ID: FIRST_SERVED [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)