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Rule "missing hyphen in 'to do'"

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Description:	missing hyphen in 'to do'
Message:	It appears that a hyphen is missing: \1-\2\3. Remove the possessive apostrophe if you mean the plural term: \1-\2\3.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-adjectives-with-hyphens
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	Many of the to do's comments were explaining the issue. Correction suggestion: to-do's, to-dos list of TO DO's from the meeting Correction suggestion: TO-DO's, TO-DOs
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	TO_DO_HYPHEN [6]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-10 16:45:36 +0000)

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