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Rule "Missing hyphen: number + page/step/star"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Missing hyphen: number + page/step/star
Message: '\1 \2' is missing a hyphen.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#hyphenated-numbers-and-fractions-numerals
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Please check my 4 page survey.
    Correction suggestion: 4-page
  • I spend my vacation only in five star hotels.
    Correction suggestion: five-star
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I would recommend this 5-star restaurant.
  • My 2 step daughters hate me.
  • I received 5 stars on GitHub.
  • On 6 July 2017, the Spanish Wikipedia exceeded 100,000,000 page edits.
  • Facebook reached one trillion page views in the month of June 2011.
ID: STARS_AND_STEPS [1]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-27 22:33:07 +0100)