False positive: adjective "leftover" flagged to change to "left over"

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2/5
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1-3 hours
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68/100
Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
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Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by inspecting the leftover entry in dictionary.dict and the grammar-checker logic that proposes changing it to left over. Confirm the adjective usage in the reported sentence, then verify that this context is no longer flagged while genuine phrasal-verb cases remain covered by the existing checks.

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bug harper-core linting
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Remnants" typically implies passive, leftover debris

It's not a phrasal verb or a noun in this context, it's an adjective and is marked as an adjective in dictionary.dict

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