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Rule "down stairs (downstairs)"

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Description: down stairs (downstairs)
Message: Did you mean \1stairs?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Please go up stairs to your room.
    Correction suggestion: upstairs
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • We can walk up and down stairs.
  • He fell down stairs
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: STAIRS_COMPOUNDS [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-23 22:33:07 +0200)