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Rule "Missing hyphens in compounds"

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Description:	Missing hyphens in compounds
Message:	Did you mean the adjective \1-speaking?
Category:	Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-adjectives-with-hyphens
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	This is all about English speaking people. Correction suggestion: English-speaking
Correct sentences for comparison:	This is all about English-speaking people. When you hear the English speaking French, you have to laugh. There is an old joke about the English speaking loudly to foreigners. When I hear an Italian speaking, I remember the wonderful holidays in Italy. We're lost! If those people are Italian speaking, ask them for directions. We're lost again! Aren't they english speaking people from our hotel? Ask them for directions.
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	MISSING_HYPHEN [14]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)

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