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Rule "state of the art (state-of-the-art)"

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Description: state of the art (state-of-the-art)
Message: Consider adding hyphens to this phrasal adjective.
Category: Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#hyphenated-phrases-with-more-than-one-hyphen
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We present our state of the art solution.
    Correction suggestion: state-of-the-art
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • We compare our results to the state of the art.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: STATE_OF_THE_ART [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-26 22:33:08 +0200)