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Rule "one handed (one-handed)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: one handed (one-handed)
Message: The adjective or adverb <suggestion>\1-\2</suggestion> is spelled with a hyphen.
Category: Compounding (ID: COMPOUNDING)
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-handed
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • She caught the ball one handed.
    Correction suggestion: one-handed
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • No one handed them anything.
  • One handed me a basket and said "My child shop with care.
  • All the employees but one handed in their notices.
ID: ONE_HANDED_HYPHEN [1]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-11-02 22:33:08 +0100)