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Rule "street light (streetlight)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: street light (streetlight)
Message: In American English this noun is spelled as one word.
Category: Compounding (ID: COMPOUNDING)
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/streetlight
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I only go out once the street lights are turned on.
    Correction suggestion: streetlights
ID: STREET_LIGHTS_COMPOUND [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2025-01-08 22:33:10 +0100)