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Rule "missing hyphen in 'year over year'"

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Description: missing hyphen in 'year over year'
Message: This word is normally spelled with hyphens.
Category: Compounding (ID: COMPOUNDING)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#hyphenated-phrases-with-more-than-one-hyphen
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • This 40% week over week increase was caused by our ad campaign.
    Correction suggestion: week-over-week
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: WEEK_OVER_WEEK_HYPHEN [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-18 22:33:07 +0200)