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Rule "duplicated use of 'have'"

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Description: duplicated use of 'have'
Message: One of these verbs is redundant, or a word is missing.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/to-have-grammar/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I will have eventually have friends.
    Correction suggestion: eventually have, have eventually
  • I have already have a post in the Developers Section.
    Correction suggestion: already have, have already
  • Since Enron let us know in October to not rely on Enron alone for vaccinations, most of you may have already have shots.
    Correction suggestion: already have, have already
  • Neither Tom nor Mary has ever has been married.
    Correction suggestion: ever has, has ever
  • Just out of curiosity, did you have really have any fun?
    Correction suggestion: really have, have really
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Yet I had not had the issue before the new struts.
  • The model that you have will have automatically factory reset.
  • However, the model that you have does have a Wi-Fi radio.
  • I have always had problems.
  • I have to have that new dress.
  • Lhazang Khan, now acting as the only outright foreign ruler that Tibet had ever had.
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ID: HAVE_RB_HAVE [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-07 22:33:07 +0200)