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Rule "missing hyphens in 'day to day'"

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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.
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	DAY_TO_DAY_HYPHEN [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-23 22:33:07 +0200)

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