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Rule "a heads-up"

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Description: a heads-up
Message: The informal warning/alert heads-up is spelled with a hyphen and no apostrophe.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Thanks to a head's up from our customer, we were able to resolve the matter.
    Correction suggestion: heads-up
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: A_HEADS_UP [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)