LanguageTool Community

<< return to list of rules

Rule "Missing hyphens in '5 year old'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Missing hyphens in '5 year old'
Message: In this expression, '\1-\2' is used as a modifier. It is therefore usually hyphenated.
Category: Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#hyphenated-numbers-and-fractions-numerals
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • All 5-year olds were preparing for pre-school.
    Correction suggestion: 5-year-olds
ID: YEAR_OLD_HYPHEN [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)