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Rule "Missing space between numeric value and unit (e.g., 25 km)"

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Description: Missing space between numeric value and unit (e.g., 25 km)
Category: Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Tags: [picky]
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The temperature is 25°C.
    Correction suggestion: 25 °C
  • The temperature is -25°C.
    Correction suggestion: -25 °C
  • The temperature is 25,5°F warm.
    Correction suggestion: 25,5 °F
  • Distance 5km.
    Correction suggestion: 5 km
  • It weighs 5kg.
    Correction suggestion: 5 kg
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • ...rest in the estate to the Disney Corporation for $350m.
  • The revenue was $2.7m
  • The German news magazine T3N is popular.
  • (AsCH3)2n
  • They have 100m users
  • We only need $5mm to $10mm to get us through to the other side.
  • The P-40N featured a stretched rear fuselage to counter the torque of the larger, late-war Allison engine, and the rear deck of the cockpit behind the pilot was cut down at a moderate slant to improve rearward visibility.
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hEO7G3hm6bTkYnNlmT3uV
  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/122B2q3m-6s7aoXXPlmDk3p3h_nTIFO1E7VaTJt
  • ... astatine-214, astatine-215, and astatine-216m.
  • ...their sample variance, and σ2N their population variance.
  • Globally, it has 690m MAUs (all outside China), meaning the US is actually a small percentage of users.
  • Meanwhile, the BBC understands the government has “stood down” its Operation Yellowhammer contingency planning for a no-deal exit, while it has also paused its £100m Get Ready for Brexit on 31 October campaign.
Pattern: [Java Rule] Sourcecode
Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: UNIT_SPACE
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-29 22:33:07 +0200)