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Rule "Missing hyphen: face first (face-first)"

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Description: Missing hyphen: face first (face-first)
Message: Did you mean the adverb \1-\2?
Category: Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-adjectives-with-hyphens
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I crashed face first into the snow.
    Correction suggestion: face-first
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: FACE_FIRST [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-30 22:33:07 +0200)