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Rule "He like (likes) me"

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Description: He like (likes) me
Message: The pronoun '\1' requires a third-person verb or a past tense. Or did you forget to add a verb?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He like me.
    Correction suggestion: is like, likes
  • It like a higher power from judgement day.
    Correction suggestion: is like, likes
  • I think it like me.
    Correction suggestion: is like, likes
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • She like me has no idea.
  • Fixed it up like new.
  • Or “Drive it like a rental”
  • Both his wife and he like it.
  • The start of the 21st century saw Asian British cinema assert itself at the box office, starting with East Is East (1999) and continuing with Bend It Like Beckham (2002).
  • Ideally a new server may be worth it either like a home server.
  • What is he or she like?
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: HE_LIKE [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)