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Rule "missing hyphen in 'open plan'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: missing hyphen in 'open plan'
Message: Did you mean the adjective <suggestion>\1-\2</suggestion> (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
ID: OPEN_PLAN_HYPHEN [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)