Automattic / Automattic/harper

Incorrect flagging of mass noun squirming

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bug harper-core linting
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Description

**What got flagged?**

Text: `Cobalt stirs in my front pocket, agitated by my spiking heartbeat. Zinc follows, both squirming as I nudge their heads back down.`

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**Why is this incorrect?**
The word squirming was flagged as a mass noun, suggested to replace with both pieces of squirming, which is clearly wrong in this context.

**Example of correct usage:**
See the text in flagged section. Both is slightly ambiguous but that's the entire paragraph.

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Research direction

No implementation file or test is named. Start by reproducing the warning with the reported sentence and trace the mass-noun diagnostic for “squirming”; done means this usage is no longer flagged or given the incorrect “both pieces of squirming” suggestion, while other mass-noun cases remain covered.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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