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Rule "missing hyphen in 'late-term'"

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Description: missing hyphen in 'late-term'
Message: The adjective late-term is spelled with a hyphen.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-nouns-with-and-without-hyphens
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • She had a late term abortion.
    Correction suggestion: late-term
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: LATE_TERM_HYPHEN [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-03 22:33:08 +0200)