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Rule "missing hyphen in '30 carat gold'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: missing hyphen in '30 carat gold'
Message: A hyphen is missing if you mean the unit of fineness (gold, diamonds).
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#hyphenated-numbers-and-fractions-numerals
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • She was wearing an 18 karat gold bracelet.
    Correction suggestion: 18-karat
ID: CARAT_HYPHEN [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-09 22:33:08 +0100)