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Rule "sign up (sign-up)"

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Description: sign up (sign-up)
Message: The noun \3-\4 is spelled with a hyphen.
Category: Compounding (ID: COMPOUNDING)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The sign up form is on the right-hand side.
    Correction suggestion: sign-up
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Lastly, if you watch as you drive home (I know you are looking around anyway) you might see a church with a sign up, etc.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: SIGN_UP_HYPHEN [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)