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Rule "if need (needed)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: if need (needed)
Message: The conjunction "\1" requires the past participle <suggestion>\2</suggestion>. Or did you mean <suggestion>you \2</suggestion>?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • You can do that if need.
    Correction suggestion: needed, you need
  • Call when can.
    Correction suggestion: canned, you can
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • When are .rnd-files created?
  • The if statement.
  • Contact me if found.
  • Or, do I need to write out a table where it says, if Feb, 02, if Mar, 03, etc?
  • Baf's Guide to the Interactive Fiction Archive, a more user-friendly interface for the IF archive.
  • It is arguably more convincing if police, forensic experts or similar professionals are made the protagonist of a series of crime novels.
  • Elizabeth's reign became idealised as a time when crown, church and parliament had worked in constitutional balance.
ID: IF_VB_PCT [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-22 22:33:09 +0100)