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Rule "40-70 (40–70)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	40-70 (40–70)
Message:	If specifying a range, consider using an en dash instead of a hyphen.
Category:	Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/dashes/#how-to-properly-use-an-en-dash
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	Participants in the study were 40-70 years old. Correction suggestion: 40–70 Web2, however, was added about 20-30 minutes ago and has since gone from green to grey, and didn't collect any information. Correction suggestion: 20–30 Gargurgle will also start appearing as a potential Pet Rescue from Pet Gnomes in 3-4 weeks' time. Correction suggestion: 3–4
Correct sentences for comparison:	The 747-300 features a longer upper deck than the −200. Before the Khomeini-led revolution, Iran bought four 747-100 aircraft with air-refueling boom conversions to support its fleet of F-4 Phantoms. After many years of requests, the Blissymbolic language was finally approved as an encoded language, with code zbl, into the ISO 639-2 and ISO 639-3 standards. Boeing 727-200 jetliners provided by both American and Alaska Airlines were utilized to provide this interchange service.
ID:	HYPHEN_TO_EN [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-28 22:33:08 +0100)

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