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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 |
| Link: | https://languagetool.org/insights/post/hyphen/#hyphenated-numbers-and-fractions-numerals |
| Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect: |
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| ID: | YEAR_OLD_HYPHEN [2] |
| Version: | 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-29 22:33:07 +0100) |