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Rule "'allow' + 'to' + infinitive"

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Description: 'allow' + 'to' + infinitive
Message: Did you mean to use the past tense form 'allowed'?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: http://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/gerund-equals-infinitive/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • You won't allowed to do that anywhere.
    Correction suggestion: be allowed
  • However, if a woman becomes widowed, she will not allowed to be sealed to another man.
    Correction suggestion: be allowed
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: ALLOW_TO [4]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-28 22:33:07 +0100)