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Rule "hyphens in 'all-you-can-eat'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: hyphens in 'all-you-can-eat'
Message: It appears that hyphens are missing (<suggestion>\1-\2-\3-\4</suggestion> is a compound adjective).
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#hyphenated-phrases-with-more-than-one-hyphen
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He was at the all you can eat restaurant.
    Correction suggestion: all-you-can-eat
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Buy all you can eat!
ID: ALL_YOU_CAN_EAT_HYPHEN [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)