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Rule "sign up (sign-up)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: sign up (sign-up)
Message: The noun <suggestion>\3-\4</suggestion> 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:
  • He pointed to a sign in front of one of the doors that I couldn’t see from where I was.
  • I saw a sign in Berber that read "Airport."
ID: SIGN_UP_HYPHEN [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-22 22:33:09 +0100)