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Rule "base form after I/you/we/they"

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Description: base form after I/you/we/they
Message: Possible verb agreement error — use the base form here.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-subject-verb-agreement/#1-singular-subjects-must-go-with-singular-verbs-and-plural-subjects-with-plural-verbs
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I really doesn't like him.
    Correction suggestion: don't
  • I just doesn't like him.
    Correction suggestion: don't
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: BASE_FORM [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-27 22:33:07 +0200)