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Rule "its vs it is"

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Description: its vs it is
Message: It seems that a verb is missing.
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It something that I already did.
    Correction suggestion: It's, It is, It has
  • If it something else, change it to this one.
    Correction suggestion: it's, it is, it has
  • It is a staggering concept, so foreign in daily occurrence that few thought it anything but grandstanding.
    Correction suggestion: it's, it is, it has
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • It nowhere states that N rays are accepted to exist, in fact stating the opposite.
  • Immediately below is LT's response to adding a "hook" in CMS that would distinguish ITs associated with SBA activity from other IT agreements....
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: IT_IS_2 [67]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)