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Rule "president-elect"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: president-elect
Message: This word is normally spelled with a hyphen.
Category: Compounding (ID: COMPOUNDING)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-nouns-with-and-without-hyphens
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Joe Biden is president elect.
    Correction suggestion: president-elect
ID: PRESIDENT_ELECT [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-07 22:33:09 +0100)