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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:
  • ... and Enron about the tell Joann we had incurred several days of penalties.
    Correction suggestion: to tell, the fell, the tall, the well, they tell
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • ... and Enron about to tell Joann we had incurred several days of penalties.
  • This test was done by sending the Netmail message to a user.
  • The adapt_image.png
  • What the eff?
  • For the merge processes to be faster, we must...
  • ... that script the way abecedary derives from Latin a be ce de.
  • The add/drop transaction is not final until the changes have been processed
  • Okay, so I guess we add "merchandize" to the prohibit.txt?
  • The Unroll.me website.
  • Please use the translate.google.com website.
  • The remain campaign.
  • The vex robotics.
  • Flush the write buffer.
  • Vitamin C and A are almost the same.
  • The restore of our backup failed.
  • In the U.S.A be the best.
  • When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
  • Check out the send to a friend feature next to each article.
  • ... but prefer to wait until early 2002 with the next reduction in the refinance rate.
  • ... Skyler Jett, replaced Lionel Richie as the co-lead singer for The Commodores.
  • "Mount" Megiddo is not actually a mountain, but a tell (a hill created by many generations of people living and rebuilding on the same spot).
  • We need to effectively adjust the write down of the asset to reflect what we truly believe is collectible.
  • Provide Suzanne with the headcount for the confirm/settlements program on May 5th.
  • Policy on the Concur Expense home page under the Company Links section.
  • ... and the do last night was great.
  • ... and within a week the thieve(s) ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package.
  • Here the are again the sums of powers of differences from the mean.
  • The believe it is at a minimum half a million, maybe more.
  • ... and sorting of entire data can be obtained in the conquer phase by merging the segments.
  • ... into multiple sub problems and so the conquer stage will be more complex than decrease and conquer algorithms.
  • The outermost layer, containing the galactic halo, is the Transcend, within which incomprehensible, superintelligent beings dwell.
  • Perhaps should add the decommission of the present MIPS measurement system and the implementation of the PGAS system.
  • For instance, if the cube showed the number 2 and a player wanted to redouble the stakes to put it at 4, the opponent choosing to drop the redouble would lose two, or twice the original stake.
  • Berk has asked me to let you to know that his policy is to regrade your entire exam should you request the regrade of any particular question.
  • ...d that lead to the rename of The Congo,
  • ...e candidate on the retool according to t..
  • ...confirms that the deny code that we wrote is ineffective.
  • ...package out of the send out pile for t...
  • can also find the unfollow() method and
  • The undersign appraiser(s)
  • Sex is not the be all end all of life.
  • At that meeting, we will be discussing the outsource and the future relationship between the companies.
  • ...own choice by the bring your own nad.
  • C) which fails the write and read operations...
  • The reinforce band is only present if the cannon has two reinforces, and it divides the first reinforce from the second.
  • The write laser in this case is used to heat and alter the properties (amorphous vs. crystalline) of the alloy, and hence change its reflectivity.
  • The Disk II single-sided floppy drive used 5.25-inch floppy disks; double-sided disks could be used, one side at a time, by turning them over and notching a hole for the write protect sensor.
  • The carve outs from the LOL remain an open issue.
  • The enquire character (ENQ) is generally used by a master station to ask a slave station to send its next message.
  • The unify pathing issue is resolved, all buckets are filled.
  • The integrate mw's are 10mw'w and are reflected on revised oasis request 4405.
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ID: A_INFINITIVE [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)