```ruby
module RomanNumeral
  class Generator

    def self.generate(num)
      new(num).generate
    end

    def initialize(num)
      @num = num
      @roman_numeral = []
    end

    def generate
      append_numerals.join("")
    end

    private

    def append_numerals
      numeral_amounts.each do |amount|
        (@num / amount).times do 
          @roman_numeral.push DICTIONARY.invert[amount.to_i]
        end
        @num %= amount
        break if @num == 0
      end
      cleanup_numeral
    end

    def numeral_amounts
      DICTIONARY.values.reverse
    end

    def next_numeral_amount(numeral)
      numeral == :M ? DICTIONARY[numeral.to_sym] : DICTIONARY[numeral.to_sym]*5
    end

    def correct_numeral_syntax(numeral,index)
      (1..3).each {|j| @roman_numeral[index-j] = "" }
      @roman_numeral[index] = numeral
      @roman_numeral[index+1] = DICTIONARY.invert[next_numeral_amount(numeral)]
    end

    def cleanup_numeral
      num_count = 0
      cur = ""

      @roman_numeral.each_with_index do |numeral,i|
        
        if cur == numeral
          num_count += 1
        else
          cur = numeral
          num_count = 1
        end

        correct_numeral_syntax(numeral,i) if num_count == 4 && numeral != "M"
      end
      @roman_numeral
    end

  end
end
```

Fix conditional to look for numeral symbol instead of string.
user
```ruby
module RomanNumeral
  class Generator

    def self.generate(num)
      new(num).generate
    end

    def initialize(num)
      @num = num
      @roman_numeral = []
    end

    def generate
      append_numerals.join("")
    end

    private

    def append_numerals
      numeral_amounts.each do |amount|
        (@num / amount).times do 
          @roman_numeral.push DICTIONARY.invert[amount.to_i]
        end
        @num %= amount
        break if @num == 0
      end
      cleanup_numeral
    end

    def numeral_amounts
      DICTIONARY.values.reverse
    end

    def next_numeral_amount(numeral)
      numeral == :M ? DICTIONARY[numeral.to_sym] : DICTIONARY[numeral.to_sym]*5
    end

    def correct_numeral_syntax(numeral,index)
      (1..3).each {|j| @roman_numeral[index-j] = "" }
      @roman_numeral[index] = numeral
      @roman_numeral[index+1] = DICTIONARY.invert[next_numeral_amount(numeral)]
    end

    def cleanup_numeral
      num_count = 0
      cur = ""

      @roman_numeral.each_with_index do |numeral,i|
        
        if cur == numeral
          num_count += 1
        else
          cur = numeral
          num_count = 1
        end

        correct_numeral_syntax(numeral,i) if num_count == 4 && numeral != :M
      end
      @roman_numeral
    end

  end
end
```
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