Rule "'afford', 'choose', etc. used with base form instead of infinitive"

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Description:	'afford', 'choose', etc. used with base form instead of infinitive
Message:	This verb is used with the infinitive.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	We cannot afford spend the whole month in the Alps. Correction suggestion: to spend
Correct sentences for comparison:	We cannot afford to spend the whole month in the Alps. He didn't deserve to lose his job. ...that gorillas are intelligent enough to learn sign language. I choose uniform objects. I failed him and he deserved better. These carefully chosen marketing images ... Old people deserve respect. On that point the learned disagree. When destiny calls, the chosen have no choice. Pretend please you're my husband. Some CEOs we've chosen haven't made money for shareholders. Can the current techniques of machine learning be deployed successfully to solve even the simplest version of this environment?
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ID:	AFFORD_VB [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-18 22:33:07 +0200)