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Rule "Collocation: passionate by/about (stricter)"

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Description: Collocation: passionate by/about (stricter)
By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message: The usual preposition for "passionate" is "about", not "by".
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I'm really passionate by the chocolate, it's my vocation.
    Correction suggestion: really passionate about, really inspired by
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ID: PASSIONATE_BY_ABOUT_2 [22]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-26 22:33:08 +0200)