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Rule "inflected form of 'be'"

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Description: inflected form of 'be'
Message: Did you mean is or can be?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Grammar checking be difficult.
    Correction suggestion: is, can be
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Can the meeting be finished within two hours?
  • Could nitroglycerine poisoning be the cause of Alfred Nobel's anginal pains?
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: BE_IS [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)