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Rule "Do (Does) anyone know what to do?"

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Description: Do (Does) anyone know what to do?
Message: Subject-verb agreement error detected.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-forms-of-do/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Do no one know what's going on?
    Correction suggestion: Does
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Complain and do nothing like your pal Elijah?
  • How can you just stand there and do nothing while your countrymen are slaughtered?
  • ...le playing and do something like...
  • ...st run off and do something like...
  • ...to get out and do something like...
  • Did I say or do something wrong?
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: DO_NOTHING [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-21 11:28:37 +0200)