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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 (2024-05-04 22:33:07 +0200)