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Rule "a infinitive"

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Description: a infinitive
Message: The verb '\2' does not usually follow articles like '\1'. Check that '\2' is spelled correctly; using '\2' as a noun may be non-standard.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/verbs-as-nouns/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • a compete
    Correction suggestion: a competed, a complete, a compote
  • ... the club managed to a bring their total revenue up to € 54 million euros.
    Correction suggestion: a Brine, a Briny, a being, a bling, a boring, a brine, a briny
  • Let me know if Ic an be of assistance.
    Correction suggestion: an BS, an Bi, an Re, an bed, an bet, an bi, an by, an bye, an né, an pe
  • Might be overkill for your current needs, but worth a send.
    Correction suggestion: a Sand, a Seed, a sand, a seed, a sent
  • At Intel's first and blend" financing of a reduced rate increase and (2) an extend and blend product with financed rate reduction embedded in a collar.
    Correction suggestion: an extent
  • The markets were great in 98 and 99 with the first annuities that we made an invest in.
    Correction suggestion: an incest
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • This is a complete catastrophe, I think.
  • Let's have a listen to what he wants to say
  • He had a listen.
  • a show
  • We don't have time for a refactor: we're shipping in two weeks.
  • Sections 4.a and 5.a are not correct.
  • ...Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp that eventually becomes Cape Town.
  • The lynch mob was coming to town to kill all enemies.
  • How do I get a redeem code?
  • A startle response.
  • He pulled a stun gun.
  • Only a reload of the page will fix this. [https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool/issues/1379]
  • Let angle A be x.
  • Vitamin C and A are almost the same.
  • A context menu is a menu in a graphical user interface that appears upon user interaction, such as a right-click mouse operation.
  • In the U.S.A be the best.
  • What is a Parse Error?
  • It was an inter- or multidisciplinary act.
  • ... but prefer to wait until early 2002 with the next reduction in the refinance rate.
  • Python provides the bisect module.
  • It has been awhile since we put the mail feedbag on and had a munch.
  • AI and AN are also in line for this constructive disruption.
  • It was an inter- or multidisciplinary act.
  • An Obey spokesman said panel Democrats are working with Republicans to...
  • Let a be the edge-length of a uniform antiprism.
  • If the ratio a'/a be sufficiently constant, as is often the case...
  • ... and Omnibus Amendment for McGarrett A are clean and (ii) the Series Certificates and ...
  • An excel attachment to the order details the Staff findings.
  • In Fido's heyday, sending a Netmail message to a user on a distant...
  • Someone in his group may have a Confirm sheet with the details on it.
  • ... against Microsoft's ActiveX technology, changing personal data in a Quicken database.
  • ... the Newport Pagnell plant rolled out the last of nearly 13,000 cars made there since 1955, a Vanquish S.
  • As I do not have any details of this deal, I cannot comment on the need for a carve out of margining rights.
  • CD-R is a Write Once Read Many (WORM) optical medium.
  • Both Alice and Bob have arrived at the same value, because (ga)b and (gb)a are equal mod p.
  • The important thing is that we don't use this information as a be all and end all test of whether we take on a candidate or not.
  • The absorption peaks of chlorophyll a are at 665 nm and 465 nm.
  • The player may lay odds on a don't come bet, just like a don't pass bet.
  • Conversely, you can take back (pick up) a don't pass or don't come bet after the first roll.
  • The Twelver Shi'a do not view Abu Bakr's being with Muhammad...
  • If we need to establish an accept/decline box I'd recommend...
  • Simply book an Excite Travel Vacations package by October 31, 2001.
  • Smith's bill would ban the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether, an oxygenate used in 85 percent of reformulated gasoline.
  • ... will be speaking to all the creditors with a view to reaching an inter creditor arrangement on repayment of the debt.
  • I won't be able to drink a beer with you as a send off, but perhaps we can have one in London.
  • He sustained the injury while chasing down a lose ball in the fourth quarter.
  • We invite you to come an have a look.
  • I will make the revisions as noted an send the agreement to you for execution.
  • It will take FERC a month or so to approve, but we expect it to be approved an be applied retroactively to December 14, 2000.
  • This is a don't worry, be happy, thing.
  • We had a do at the weekend, to celebrate the ...
  • After that, then it may be a do able item.
  • Take care a do not worry about looks.
  • After a week, a thieve(s) also stole my new car.
  • ... the states within the slot of width a are highly constrained so that the energy E of...
  • ... and the p-heights of the elements of A are finite for each p, then A is isomorphic to a direct sum of finite cyclic groups.
  • In the International Phonetic Alphabet, variants of A denote various vowels.
  • The way these are booked now indicates that a confirm will need to be generated between the two.
  • Someone in his group may have a confirm sheet with the details on it.
  • This is a late payment provision and as such a believe that the provision should be more than...
  • Research will a contribute a resource to the Trading Algorithm effort, presumably one at this point in time.
  • Please allow one to two business days for a respond.
  • He said we would need either a parent guarantee or a prepay to transact with occidental energy marketing.
  • ... because if a1, a2, …, an are the elements of F, then the polynomial (x − a1)(x − a2) ··· (x − an) + 1 has no zero in F.
  • Many of them that end in -a are feminine.
  • And truck#1 for a reprogram of its ECM.
  • We can go for a wander.
  • Checkout or add a subscribe box to the cart.
  • If there is already a notify email...
  • As a Speak Up peer, I...
  • I hope this will help to explain why I am hesitant to endorse a centralize unit commitment implementation.
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ID: A_INFINITIVE [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)