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Rule "is + VBZ"

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Description: is + VBZ
Message: The verb form seems incorrect.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Prohibiting smoking is always violates my liberty.
    Correction suggestion: is always violating, it always violates, always violates
  • It is also looks like the duration is not 10 minutes when 6 is reached.
    Correction suggestion: is also looking, it also looks, also looks
  • She is only goes shopping.
    Correction suggestion: is only going, it only goes, only goes
  • She is always goes shopping.
    Correction suggestion: is always going, it always goes, always goes
  • This is only happens when the user is logged in.
    Correction suggestion: is only happening, it only happens, only happens
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • MS is favored but IS has been strong at the end of the season.
  • My question is does it sound like a timing belt and is it true only the dealer can replace it.
  • In the case where a portion of the CPU is superscalar and part is not, the part which is not suffers a performance penalty due to scheduling stalls.
  • The fact that it is not does not mean that Trump should not be impeached.
  • Second of all, Doordash is not Gems of War.
  • This is before taxes.
  • This pamphlet is about pets.
  • The bottom line is there needs to be a resetting of expectations relative to Compaq's revenue from EBS versus what actually got booked.
  • The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
  • The only product there is contains no ...
  • As sad as it is shelters all over the world are ...
  • The last point is References.
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ID: IS_VBZ [6]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-28 22:33:07 +0100)