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Rule "other wise (otherwise)"

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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.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: OTHER_WISE_COMPOUND [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-07 22:33:07 +0200)