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Rule "left over → leftover"

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Description: left over → leftover
Message: The noun leftover is spelled as one word.
Category: Compounding (ID: COMPOUNDING)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/compound-words/#compound-nouns
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He ate the left over bread.
    Correction suggestion: leftover
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: LEFT_OVER_COMPOUND [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-21 11:28:37 +0200)