Automattic / Automattic/harper
Flag mixing up "upcoming" and "up and coming"
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Description
## Description
Some people use "upcoming" (due in the near future) when they mean "up and coming" (gaining prominence).
I'm not sure if the opposite is also happening.
## Resources
- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/upcoming-vs-up-and-coming-joshua-omidire
- https://punchng.com/stop-mixing-upcoming-with-up-and-coming/
- https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=978616237462213&id=100059415374227&_rdr
## Examples
- It would be fine , to have a solution also for the PICO , which is an **UPCOMING** STAR in my opinion.
- Have you ever met an **upcoming** actor, actress or singer who you knew would go far in their career?
- In this project you must design a simple full stack application for an **upcoming** company that wants to join the market for online delivery of groceries
- By sponsoring my projects, you are not only supporting my scientific shenanigans, but also strengthening the existing developer's community, and **upcoming** young curious minds.
- the **upcoming** young players and fierce competition from within the squad led him to seek pastures new
- [This app allows **upcoming** artists to post songs.](https://github.com/Alidantech/upcoming/)
- Crescendo is a music discovery platform that promotes **upcoming** artists.
- Follow. just an **upcoming** coder lookin to change the world with codes and no i dont mean nuclear ones.
- The Japanese band seemed like an **upcoming** force in the indie metal scene.
- That night, Keanu lost his best friend and a world lost one of the greatest **upcoming** stars.
## Potential False Positives
I expect it will be hard to tell which uses are right or wrong using heuristics.
Contributor guide
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing the listed examples and the grammar-checking behavior for “upcoming” and “up and coming”; define how unambiguous cases should be distinguished and what should happen for potential false positives.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100