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Rule "decision making (decision-making)"

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Description: decision making (decision-making)
Message: The noun \1-\2 (= the process of deciding something) is spelled with a hyphen.
Category: Compounding (ID: COMPOUNDING)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-nouns-with-and-without-hyphens
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The decision making took us 3 days.
    Correction suggestion: decision-making
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Isn't that decision making it harder for us?
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: DECISION_MAKING [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-03 22:33:08 +0200)