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Rule "Compound adjective: coast to coast"

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Description: Compound adjective: coast to coast
Message: '\1 \2 \3' seems to be a compound adjective before a noun. Use a hyphen: \1-\2-\3.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-adjectives-with-hyphens
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Our coast to coast trip was wonderful.
    Correction suggestion: coast-to-coast
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Our coast-to-coast trip was wonderful.
  • We walked from coast to coast in ten days.
  • Coast to Coast AM airs on more than 600 stations in the U.S.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: CA_COAST_TO_COAST [5]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-27 22:33:07 +0200)