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Rule "The older the more we ..."

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: The older the more we ...
Message: It appears that a comma is missing.
Category: Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The older we get the better we used to be.
    Correction suggestion: get,
  • I thought about this some more and the more I do the more I agree with you.
    Correction suggestion: do,
  • The faster I go the hotter it gets then it reclines and have to turn it off.
    Correction suggestion: go,
  • Because the bigger you become the more benefit your life has.
    Correction suggestion: become,
ID: THE_JJR_THE_MORE_COMMA [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)