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Rule "Use of past form with 'going to ...'"

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Description: Use of past form with 'going to ...'
Message: The verb after 'going to' requires the base form.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/will-vs-going-to/#simple-future-tense-with-%E2%80%9Cgoing-to%E2%80%9D
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I'm going to wrote him.
    Correction suggestion: write
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • We are not going to let them get away with this.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: GOING_TO_VBD [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-01 22:33:07 +0200)