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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: The singular proper name '\2' must be used with a third-person or a past tense verb.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Ann walk to the building.
    Correction suggestion: walks, walked
  • Peter walk to the building.
    Correction suggestion: walks, walked
  • Microsoft speak to the customers.
    Correction suggestion: speaks, spoke
  • Harry speak to the customers.
    Correction suggestion: speaks, spoke
  • Art provide a means to express the...
    Correction suggestion: provides, provided
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I expect Enron sign up exclusive agreements with LNG suppliers.
  • Bill walks to the building.
  • Guinness walked to the building.
  • Roosevelt and Hoover speak each other's lines.
  • He lets Google know that we have ...
  • - Right click on the item.
  • We don't know what the old law and the Patriot Act have in common.
  • See screenshot below.
  • Turkey breast with bacon
  • Waikiki beach as seen from Diamond Head
  • Peace be with you.
  • Mark file as processed
  • As part of that, Google now has a PR push arguing that Apple should integrate RCS support into the messaging app on the iPhone.
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  • Boys are at higher risk for autism than girls.
  • In reply, he said he was too old for this.
  • I can see Bill looking through the window.
  • Please join me in wishing Teri well in her new career.
  • We wish Jeff well in his new endeavor.
  • Ah yes the wonderful world.
  • Modern research in this area has been focused on the Antikythera mechanism
  • Happy are those who know the value of health.
  • May be of interest from a licensing perspective.
  • I liked Tom better before he got married.
  • The group briefed EPA staff from the Administrator's office.
  • Accordingly, we will be coordinating with SoCalGas and FERC's ADR group to explore possible ADR procedures.
  • Hell, Steven summons a gigantic ...
  • What does abbreviation DNA stand for?
  • Please let his TL know about this.
  • Cook rice for dinner.
  • Amazon.com, Citibank join for credit Amazon.com introduced the Amazon Credit Account, the online equivalent of a department store credit card.
  • Richard J. Hughes made his Morris County debut in his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial elections.
  • ... last night got its seven-concert Beethoven cycle at Carnegie Hall off to a good start.
  • ... and through knowing Him better to become happier and more effective people.
  • The library and Medical Center are to the north.
  • The present Federal program of vocational education began in 1917.
  • Before 2009, it was the only Philippine company to do so.
  • The Ugaritic tablets from the fourteenth century BC preserve the alphabet in two sequences.
  • He rebounded from his Wimbledon defeat by winning the US Open.
  • The amendment became part of the Republican / Unionist platform in the election of 1864.
  • The amendment became part of the Republican/Unionist platform in the election of 1864.
  • Facebook tries to explain their practices in ways that make Facebook look like the good guy.
  • The initials USA stand for the United States of America.
  • The couple has been falling out over what TV program to watch for over a week.
  • God grant that you come home safe and sound.
  • God bless the United States of America.
  • Ask people to help.
  • Gantt chart that shows data
  • … by Muslims, including "Subhan-Allah" (Holiness be to God).
  • … by Muslims, including “Subhan-Allah” (Holiness be to God).
  • We elected Jeffrey captain of our team.
  • … to reproduce the statistics of a Bose–Einstein gas by considering a box.
  • The oil sands of Alberta, Canada are a similar material.
  • ... Lumet led a successful campaign to have Kurosawa receive an Oscar nomination for Best Director that year...
  • ...small bodies database Current down-loadable ASCII table of orbit data and absolute...
  • Add your Google calendar to your mobile phone.
  • ...1802 – William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former ...
  • The people of Antigua & Barbuda enjoy a more-than-90% literacy rate.
  • ... gave Spider-Man a new profession, having Parker teach at his former high school.
  • Many provinces of the Anglican Communion ordain both women and men as deacons.
  • All provinces of the Anglican Communion consist of dioceses, each under the jurisdiction of a ...
  • Recommendations concerning Units (HTML version of the IAU Style Manual)
  • I created a PO Box address by mistake.
  • I Google stuff before I say it
  • Energy use in California.
  • Asteraceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are found...
  • ...are made in Adelaide at the General Motors Holden plant in Elizabeth.
  • May contain an occasional shell fragment.
  • He said: "Good luck to you"
  • Johnson & Trump are both English-speaking leaders.
  • YouTube channel for cooking videos.
  • He was required to put Mr Johnson’s Brexit deal into law.
  • Jake: So explain to me why you are unhappy.
  • You can expect a new Chrome release every six weeks.
  • You can expect the newer LanguageTool release every six weeks.
  • You can expect the new LanguageTool release after three weeks.
  • Beta decay either increases or decreases the atomic number of the nucleus by one.
  • Elevations in the Lesser Caucasus vary between...
  • Please move your May bill to June.
  • 1802 – William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils...
  • Online Athens guide with news and events
  • ... also is available on the Alumni Association Web site at 10.
  • Foreign Investment Advisory Service launches updated Web site For more information, please contact FIAS at fias@ifc.org.
  • More information is available through NRDC's Web site at www.nrdc.org.
  • Chevron Corp. The people who market Houston say this is not just a local problem.
  • Going lower into the deep.
  • Gouda cheese per 100g
  • BBC article on Wallace and Indonesia's efforts to honour him
  • We might also assist Enron sign up exclusive agreements with LNG suppliers.
  • "Harry get up!" I yelled.
  • Similar to the Tropicana acquisition, this strategic move gave PepsiCo leverage against Coca-Cola, owner of Powerade.
  • The position offered no salary, but it gave Coolidge experience in the political world.
  • The Ajanta Caves (Ajiṇṭhā leni; Marathi: अजिंठा लेणी) in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE.
  • Didn't Tom go to Mary's house?
  • They have asked that we get GE sign off on the attached documents.
  • Begin travel on Saturday, March 16 and return Monday, March 18 or Tuesday, March 19, 2002.
  • Web exhibit at the American Institute of Physics.
  • Mama, Papa, and big sister Monica are all doing well.
  • ... some areas supplying the Pacific Northwest are under some pressure.
  • How many kids named Tom are in your class?
  • Peace be upon you.
  • Can an omnipotent God create a stone so heavy that even He may not lift it?
  • Cardinals governing a particular Church retain that church.
  • The thick clouds which cover Venus cause a "greenhouse effect".
  • Several armored units of the modern United States Army retain the designation of "Armoured cavalry".
  • The United States Navy, the Russian Navy, and the Peruvian Navy are the only remaining navies which operate cruisers.
  • Although the waters surrounding the Dominican Republic abound with fish, the fishing industry is comparatively undeveloped, and fish for local consumption are imported.
  • Ahmed Oumeri and Arezki L'Bashir are the Robin Hood of Kabylia that have existed.
  • ABC are the first three letters of the Latin alphabet and Latin-derived alphabets.
  • Hydrozoa have a variety of life cycles.
  • Cnidaria have no brains or even central nervous systems.
  • Carnivora have a simple stomach adapted to digest primarily meat, as compared to the elaborate digestive systems of herbivorous animals, which are necessary to break down tough, complex plant fibers.
  • Ajax have a total of 45 honorary club members, fr...
  • Chelsea have the fifth highest average all-time attendance in English football and regularly attract over 40,000 fans to Stamford Bridge; they were the sixth best-supported Premier League team in the 2012–13 season, with an average gate of 41,462.
  • Cyprinidae are a large family of freshwater fishes that comprise the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives (for example, the barbs and barbels).
  • Christmas message in a card
  • Does Big Brother exist the same way I do?
  • Does Big Brother exist the same way I do?
  • Charlie get over here now!
  • Then Abraham turned to the Lord and pleaded incrementally with Him (from fifty persons to less) that "if there were at least ten righteous men found in the city, would not God spare the city?"
  • Kabyle are the indigenous people of Algeria.
  • The move made rival Intel respond with the opening of Front Side Bus (FSB) architecture
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ID: HE_VERB_AGR [5]
Version: 6.4-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-27 22:33:08 +0100)