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

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Description: Agreement error: Non-third person/past tense verb with 'he/she/it' or a pronoun
Message: With the word '\2' in a subjunctive clause, use the base form of a verb.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • She recommended that he walking to the building.
    Correction suggestion: walk
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • She recommended that he walk to the building.
  • He walked to the building.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: HE_VERB_AGR [4]
Version: 6.2-SNAPSHOT (2023-05-28 20:33:02 +0000)