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Rule "COVID-19"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: COVID-19
Message: The word <suggestion>pre-COVID-19</suggestion> is spelled with a hyphen and is capitalized.
Category: Proper Nouns (ID: PROPER_NOUNS)
Link: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The pre covid19 revenue looked much better.
    Correction suggestion: pre-COVID-19
ID: COVID_19 [7]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-26 22:33:08 +0100)