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Rule "passer by (passer-by)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: passer by (passer-by)
Message: The noun <suggestion>\1-by</suggestion> is spelled as one word.
Category: Compounding (ID: COMPOUNDING)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • When he tripped and fell in the street, several kind passers by helped him up.
    Correction suggestion: passers-by
ID: PASSER_BY_COMPOUND [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-22 22:33:09 +0100)