LanguageTool Community

<< return to list of rules

Rule "from the get go (get-go)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: from the get go (get-go)
Message: In this idiom, <suggestion>get-go</suggestion> is spelled with a hyphen.
Category: Compounding (ID: COMPOUNDING)
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20the%20get-go
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • They didn't like me from the getgo.
    Correction suggestion: get-go
ID: FROM_THE_GET_GO [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-05 22:33:08 +0100)