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Rule "disease that seems unrelated to speech - (—|,) such as MS"

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Description: disease that seems unrelated to speech - (—|,) such as MS
By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message: TBD
Category: Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Other vehicles - such as the MRAP family - may be primarily armoured against the threat from IEDs and so will have heavy, sloped armour on the bottom of the hull.
    Correction suggestion: —may, , may
  • Every child who learns, and every man who finds work, and every sick body that's made whole - like a candle added to an altar - brightens the hope of all the faithful.
    Correction suggestion: —brightens, , brightens
  • Iron discipline saved his infantry from the fate of so many infantrymen - such as the Saxons at Hastings - who broke formation and were slaughtered piecemeal.
    Correction suggestion: —who, , who
  • What would happen if two powerful nations with different languages - such as United States and China - would agree upon the experimental teaching of Esperanto in elementary schools?
    Correction suggestion: —would, , would
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • My bora-fake-account-detector-3000-next-gen-deluxe-edition™ has recognized no "bora"-like pattern in his behaviour.
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ID: HYPHEN_TO_EM_OR_COMMA [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-18 22:33:07 +0200)