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Rule "bare bones (bare-bones)"

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Description:	bare bones (bare-bones)
Message:	This adjective is spelled bare-bones.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	Meals on early space flights were bare bones affairs. Correction suggestion: bare-bones I had a 1986 bare bones Toyota that left the factory without a radio and speakers. Correction suggestion: bare-bones
Correct sentences for comparison:	He had only been taught the bare bones of the system, but carried on regardless.
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ID:	BARE_BONES_HYPHEN [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)

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