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Rule "out break (outbreak)"

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Description: out break (outbreak)
Message: This verb is normally spelled as one word.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • They will out compete the others.
    Correction suggestion: outcompete
  • My speedo says 140, I wonder if I could out run him?
    Correction suggestion: outrun
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Tom is out running errands
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: OUT_COMPOUNDS [3]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)