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

Rule "runnner-up"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: runnner-up
Message: The noun <suggestion>\1-\2</suggestion> (= didn't finish first place) is spelled with a hyphen.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-nouns-with-and-without-hyphens
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • In 1937, Charlton finished runners up in the First Division, in 1938 finished fourth and 1939 finished third.
    Correction suggestion: runners-up
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • They chased the runners up the hill.
  • Tom pulled his knees up to his chest.
  • Try to do it with your knees up.
ID: RUNNER_UP_HYPHEN [1]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-26 22:33:08 +0100)