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Rule "missing hyphen in 'open plan'"

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Description: missing hyphen in 'open plan'
Message: Did you mean the adjective \1-\2 (spelled with a hyphen)?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-adjectives-with-hyphens
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • In the 1960s, open plan offices were introduced, though not without some controversy.
    Correction suggestion: open-plan
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: OPEN_PLAN_HYPHEN [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-04 22:33:07 +0200)