LanguageTool Community
Imprint · Privacy Policy
<< return to list of rules

Rule "missing hyphen in 'many to many'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect. Visit the LanguageTool homepage to use it online or download it for free.

Description: missing hyphen in 'many to many'
Message: It appears that two hyphens are missing.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#hyphenated-phrases-with-more-than-one-hyphen
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • In systems analysis, a many to many relationship is a type of cardinality that refers to the relationship between two entities.
    Correction suggestion: many-to-many
  • It is a one to many relationship.
    Correction suggestion: one-to-many
Pattern: Show XML · Show in Rule Editor
Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: ONE_TO_MANY_HYPHEN [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-27 22:33:07 +0200)