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Rule "missing hyphen in 'do it yourself'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: missing hyphen in 'do it yourself'
Message: It appears that 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:
  • I read the do it yourself.
    Correction suggestion: do-it-yourself
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • You wanted to do it yourself.
ID: DO_IT_YOURSELF_HYPHEN [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)