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Rule "'hasn't' + irregular past tense verb"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	'hasn't' + irregular past tense verb
Message:	Did you mean <suggestion>\1\2 \3</suggestion>?
Category:	Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	They haven't bit their tongue. Correction suggestion: haven't bitten You weren't awake by the alarm clock, were you? Correction suggestion: weren't awaked, weren't awoken The children weren't awake by the storm, were they? Correction suggestion: weren't awaked, weren't awoken The technicians weren't awake by the emergency alarm. Correction suggestion: weren't awaked, weren't awoken We slept soundly; we know we weren't awake by the storm! Correction suggestion: weren't awaked, weren't awoken Tom hasn't send any message yet. Correction suggestion: hasn't sent
Correct sentences for comparison:	They haven't awoken before nine in a long time. You weren't awake. You weren't awake at the time of the accident. Are you sure they weren't awake? Tom and Mary said that they weren't broke. The technicians weren't awake at the time of the accident, were they? I thought Tom and Mary weren't awake. Tom's lazy children weren't awake when I visited him. Sami became more and more concerned that Layla still hadn't showed up.
ID:	HASNT_IRREGULAR_VERB [1]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-21 22:33:10 +0100)

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