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Rule "passer by (passer-by)"

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Description: passer by (passer-by)
Message: The noun \1-by 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
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: PASSER_BY_COMPOUND [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)