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Rule "Collocation: live from/off"

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Description: Collocation: live from/off
Message: The usual preposition with "\1" and "\6" is "off". Did you mean \1 off?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He lives from his brother’s money.
    Correction suggestion: lives off
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: LIVE_FROM_OFF [65]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)