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Rule "It's supposed to prevent it (from) spilling over"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: It's supposed to prevent it (from) spilling over
Message: Try inserting 'from' here.
Category: Style (ID: STYLE)
Tags: [picky]
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It's supposed to prevent it spilling.
    Correction suggestion: from spilling
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Thus greenhouses work primarily by preventing convective cooling.
  • If in my comment I add a tag that you judge inappropriate, putting your mouse on it could make appear a small option saying “prevent tag referencing”.
  • I am all for anything that prevents cheating having recently had a player join my guild and subsequently banned for botting.
  • To prevent information identifying the Oscar winners from leaking ahead of the ceremony, Oscar statuettes presented at the ceremony have blank baseplates.
  • An alternate currency, denominated in labour time, would prevent profit taking by middlemen.
  • There is therefore a risk that an event could occur in the interim which prevents title passing back to MCC.
ID: PREVENT_FROM [1]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-31 22:33:08 +0100)