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Rule "I think Jack and Elon has (have) been on this..."

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Description: I think Jack and Elon has (have) been on this...
Message: Possible subject-verb agreement error. Did you mean to use a different form of '\11'?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I think Jack and Elon has been on this for about a year now.
    Correction suggestion: have, had
  • I hope Sasha and Peter goes there as well.
    Correction suggestion: go, went
  • Tracy and Vince has had some discussions related to the VaR calculation, and Tracy has discussed TW Marketing's plans to reduce the VaR.
    Correction suggestion: have, had
  • Haley and Will has just sent you a greeting card from Bluemountain.com.
    Correction suggestion: have, had
  • If Tom and Mary finds out I told you this, they'll be very angry.
    Correction suggestion: find, found
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I don't like Australia and Tom doesn't either.
  • Tom doesn't speak French and Mary doesn't either.
  • Bob phoned Vance and Vance does not know of any activity of theirs at the meter.
  • Brighton and Hove has five synagogues: New Church Road Synagogue; Holland Road Synagogue; Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue; Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue; and Middle Street Synagogue.
  • Between Sikkim and Bhutan lies the Chumbi Valley, a dagger-like slice of Tibetan territory.
  • Tom comes from Mars and Mary comes from Venus.
  • Expansion into other markets such as Florida and California has expanded Southern's base, while at the same time the company has held on to its market share in its own region.
  • For instance, the main road connecting Sarajevo and Belgrade runs through the city.
  • The territory was created in 1969 by the Coral Sea Islands Act (before, the area was considered part of Queensland) and extended in 1997 to include Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs nearly 800 km further South, already in the Tasman Sea.
  • Everyone here but Tom and Mary has done that.
  • The trio then create a potion which injures Jeremy and Phoebe has a premonition that he has been wounded but not defeated.
  • Daphnis and Chloe resembles a modern novel more than does its chief rival among Greek erotic romances, the Aethiopica of Heliodorus, which is remarkable more for its plot than for its characterization.
  • These palettes combine Greek and Persian influences, together with a frontality in representations which is considered as characteristic of Parthian art.
  • Slaughter and May has advised that they could assist us in determining whether our French counterparty fit this category and it definitely needs to be discussed with the counterparty (and extract a rep from them as well).
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ID: COMPOUND_NNP_AGREEMENT [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)