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Rule "dog-eat-dog"
This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.
| Description: | dog-eat-dog |
| Message: | The adjective phrase <suggestion>\1-\2-\3</suggestion> is spelled with a hyphen when it modifies a noun. |
| Category: | Compounding |
| Link: | https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#hyphenated-phrases-with-more-than-one-hyphen |
| Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect: |
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| Correct sentences for comparison: |
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| ID: | DOG_EAT_DOG_HYPHEN [1] |
| Version: | 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-11-05 22:33:07 +0100) |