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Rule "missing hyphen in 'work life balance'"

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Description: missing hyphen in 'work life balance'
Message: This expression is usually spelled with a hyphen between 'work' and 'life'.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#compound-nouns-with-and-without-hyphens
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Work life balance is having enough time for work and enough to have a life.
    Correction suggestion: Work-life
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: WORK_LIFE_BALANCE [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)