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Rule "Agreement error: Non-third person/past tense verb with 'he/she/it' or a pronoun"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	Agreement error: Non-third person/past tense verb with 'he/she/it' or a pronoun
Message:	The pronoun '\2' is usually used with a third-person or a past tense verb.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-subject-verb-agreement/#1-singular-subjects-must-go-with-singular-verbs-and-plural-subjects-with-plural-verbs
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	He walk to the building every day. Correction suggestion: walks, walked He going crazy. Correction suggestion: goes, went I hope he go away. Correction suggestion: goes, went She really thought he make it finally. Correction suggestion: makes, made She say Larry and Beverly left today, so we can park in their driveway and be sneaky. Correction suggestion: says, said Mary didn't do everything she say she did. Correction suggestion: says, said He always walk to the building. Correction suggestion: walks, walked He forward the mail. Correction suggestion: forwards, forwarded He order him to do it. Correction suggestion: orders, ordered He look big and fast and gets yardages running in the interior. Correction suggestion: looks, looked He run quick. Correction suggestion: runs, ran He really don't like it. Correction suggestion: does, did
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As a man lives, so shall he die. ...hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. ... her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. Why doesn't anybody answer? She no longer scuba dives as she once did. Anybody want a beer? Jenny and he actually going at this time makes a lot of sense. Somebody call an ambulance! Everyone have a good summer. Everyone review the language quickly and provide comments. Anyone care to join? Everyone just give me a left side pose. Everyone just relax because its going to be a long one. (Does) anyone know what to do? Do anyone know what to do? Everyone being different is ... I believe someone in Structuring would be more likely to answer those questions for you.
ID:	HE_VERB_AGR [1]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)