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Rule "'does' ... 3rd person verb (base verb)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	'does' ... 3rd person verb (base verb)
Message:	Did you mean <suggestion>\5</suggestion>?
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-forms-of-do/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	Does your memory usage grows during processing? Correction suggestion: grow Does memory usage grows during processing? Correction suggestion: grow Can you tell me how does each increase affects the test. Correction suggestion: affect Does anyone knows? Correction suggestion: know How does the battery monitor works? Correction suggestion: work
Correct sentences for comparison:	Does your memory usage grow during processing? Whoever does the new test is really smart. The way Tom does that seems a little strange to me. Mary does whatever Tom tells her to do. Tom always does what Mary wants him to do. Mary never does anything Tom asks her to do. Whether Tom does that or Mary does that doesn't matter. All Amgas does today is administer our sales function. In this demonstration, the person who actually does this interesting work shows you how the... The device that does the signal processing samples the data at ... We know that whatever does each memory test slows the processing considerably. But manufacturers know the wait — required because it takes additional studies of thousands of people to tell if a vaccine truly protects and does no harm — is hard for a frightened public. Does Tom think Mary is a good driver? If she does it is after they have been in there for days. Mary does almost anything Tom asks her to do. Just because everyone else does it doesn’t mean T-Nation has to. Mary does whatever she's asked to do. Mary just does what she has to do. I do hope Tom does what he says he'll do. A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. Tom always does what needs to be done.
ID:	DOES_NP_VBZ [1]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)