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Rule "under appreciate (underappreciate)"

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Description: under appreciate (underappreciate)
Message: This is normally spelled as one word.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The fish live under water.
    Correction suggestion: underwater
  • There was a group of college under graduates.
    Correction suggestion: undergraduates
  • Brazil once was an under developed country.
    Correction suggestion: underdeveloped
  • It is an excellent book that covers using volume analysis, which I think is an under explored area of trading and investing.
    Correction suggestion: underexplored
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Children under age 16 are very welcome.
  • After the shipwreck, the treasure lay under water for centuries.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: UNDER_COMPOUNDS [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-12 22:33:07 +0200)