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Rule "agreement error: auxiliary verb (do/have) and subject in questions"

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Description: agreement error: auxiliary verb (do/have) and subject in questions
Message: You should probably use \3.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Does your parents live in England?
    Correction suggestion: Do
  • What does your parents know?
    Correction suggestion: do
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: AGREEMENT_QUESTION [4]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-27 22:33:07 +0200)