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Rule "decision making (decision-making)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: decision making (decision-making)
Message: The noun <suggestion>\1-\2</suggestion> (= the process of deciding something) is spelled with a hyphen.
Category: Compounding (ID: COMPOUNDING)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-nouns-with-and-without-hyphens
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The decision making took us 3 days.
    Correction suggestion: decision-making
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Isn't that decision making it harder for us?
ID: DECISION_MAKING [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-22 22:33:09 +0100)