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Rule "Collocation: Passionate by/about"

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Description: Collocation: Passionate by/about
Message: The usual preposition for "passionate" is "about", not "by".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I am very passionated by my job.
    Correction suggestion: passionate about
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: PASSIONATE_BY_ABOUT [21]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)