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Rule "dose vs does"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: dose vs does
Message: Did you mean the auxiliary verb <suggestion>does</suggestion>?
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-forms-of-do/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He dose not want to become a police officer.
    Correction suggestion: does
  • Dose not seem to be important to those people any more.
    Correction suggestion: Does
ID: DOSE_DOES [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-03 22:33:10 +0100)