Automattic / Automattic/harper

Need to flag mixing up "adapt" and "adopt"

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enhancement harper-core linting
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Description

Just read this in a YouTube comment. My bet is that this will be very common among nonnative speakers and possibly not rare even among native speakers. I would classify it as a spelling error rather than a typo in both cases:

> C is genius and fast to **adopt** to any new technology

It surely happens in the other direction and in most if not all verb inflections.

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Research direction

The issue does not name a file, test, or entry point. Start by locating the spelling and verb-inflection rules responsible for confusing “adapt” and “adopt,” then inspect existing tests for similar word substitutions; done means the example and relevant inflections are flagged without incorrect warnings.

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Assessment

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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