Automattic / Automattic/harper

Some false positives & missing suggestions

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bug harper-core linting
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Description

## Missing suggestions:
legend: `misspelling` -> `what I meant but wasn't in the suggestion list`
- `runing` -> `ruining` (e.g. it is ruining my life)
- `re-inforces` -> `reinforces` (only `inforces` was underlined)

## False positives
real words which were underlined as not recognized
- [animalistic](https://www.wordnik.com/words/animalistic)
- [supernormal](https://www.wordnik.com/words/supernormal)

using US Dialect.

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Research direction

No file or test is named in the issue. Start by reproducing the US-dialect cases for “runing”, “re-inforces”, “animalistic”, and “supernormal” in Harper, then trace the checker’s suggestion and word-recognition behavior. Done means the intended suggestions appear and the listed real words are no longer flagged.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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