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Rule "missing hyphens in 'day to day'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: missing hyphens in 'day to day'
Message: It appears that two hyphens are missing.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#hyphenated-phrases-with-more-than-one-hyphen
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • My lease is up, so now I'm on the ordinary month to month portion of the contract.
    Correction suggestion: month-to-month
  • My day to day routine during finals weeks did not change dramatically
    Correction suggestion: day-to-day
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I'm living from day to day.
ID: DAY_TO_DAY_HYPHEN [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)