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Rule "Did you have entered (Have you entered|Did you enter) your PIN?"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Did you have entered (Have you entered|Did you enter) your PIN?
Message: Did you mean to use the past perfect tense, or the simple past?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Did you have entered your PIN?
    Correction suggestion: Have you entered, Did you enter
  • Did your brother has done his homework yet?
    Correction suggestion: Has your brother done, Did your brother do
  • Did your little brother has done his homework yet?
    Correction suggestion: Has your little brother done, Did your little brother do
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Paulus refused to allow an attack planned for 30 April, until he had studied the situation and on 29 April, allowed the attack to go ahead, as did Gariboldi who had arrived on 28 April.
ID: DID_YOU_HAVE_VBN [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-03 22:33:10 +0100)