Automattic / Automattic/harper

False negative: "worse" not flagged to correct to "worst"

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enhancement false-negative harper-core linting
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Description

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> Say no, seriously, it's the **worse** decision I've ever made and it's your legal right ...

Possibly can be detected due to "the" just before "worse" and "ever" in the following part of the sentence.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported sentence and inspect the grammar-checking rules that handle comparative and superlative adjectives. Add coverage for “the worse decision I’ve ever made” and verify that “worse” is flagged with a correction to “worst” without incorrectly flagging valid uses.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
66/100

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