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Rule "other wise (otherwise)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: other wise (otherwise)
Message: This has to be spelled as one word.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/otherwise
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He was ordered to testify and could not do other wise.
    Correction suggestion: otherwise
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • The fact that Jesus' status as a wise man among other wise men is not unique tells against this being a Christian interpolation.
  • Aristotle, and other wise men declared, that the spirits which exist naturally in living things, are of three kinds.
ID: OTHER_WISE_COMPOUND [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-22 22:33:09 +0100)