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Rule "Non-infinitive verb after modal verbs"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	Non-infinitive verb after modal verbs
Message:	Modal verbs like 'can' or 'will' require the following verb to be in its base form.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	They will coming home. Correction suggestion: come, be coming Peter will going to the cinema. Correction suggestion: go, be going Peter will really going to the cinema. Correction suggestion: go, be going Eric Boyt will becoming around tomorrow for a notional quote. Correction suggestion: become, be becoming Andy Zipper will taking over responsibility for EnronOnline. Correction suggestion: take, be taking Since EOL will getting even more information to protect and ... Correction suggestion: get, be getting We must thinking alike. Correction suggestion: think, be thinking It will never going to happen. Correction suggestion: go, be going I hope you'll going sailing today. Correction suggestion: go, be going In fact I will staying a month. Correction suggestion: stay, be staying In fact I will not always staying a month. Correction suggestion: stay, be staying El Paso will scheduling the gas on contract #3453. Correction suggestion: schedule, be scheduling I'll still trying to get a time frame for this standard. Correction suggestion: try, be trying I'm not the only one who'll doing that. Correction suggestion: do, be doing
Correct sentences for comparison:	They will come home. They commonly produce much stronger odors than they would sitting under water in a western toilet. Should voting be mandatory? Can running it more times make things worse? Would rebooting make any difference? Kim Can Marketing furnish the agreement for this project. Wouldn't rebooting make any difference? Games won't distract her nor will dancing. How would suggesting people actually work? How will sharing of tech work? Will doing that help? She has talked to Will regarding this and he said it may be Monday before that can be corrected. Why couldn’t existing accounts be migrated? How dangerous would doing that be? Why could existing accounts be migrated? Although several of the expressions above often are used as Beer–Lambert law, the name should strictly speaking only be associated with the latter two. What will online classes be like? The garbage can gave off a bad smell. What will hiring managers be like? Would pulling the batteries for a few minutes work? You should live staring reality right in the eye. How much should changing brake pads and rotors cost? Can reporting for jira and confluence users be combined or do they need to be separate? How would targeting work? Should voting be mandatory? Not only can giving her homework help, it also keeps here busy. I checked as thoroughly with him as I could making sure it was not some sort of bottom feeder. Absalon died at Sorø Abbey on March 21, 1201, 73 years old, with his last will granting his personal holdings to the Abbey, apart from Fjenneslev which went to Esbern Snarre. Per may contacts at Cadwalader, they cannot assist us on J Aron or Goldman Sachs. Would switching to the newer hub help? Would rebooting make any difference? 2) Would rebooting make any difference? ... and what would encrypting public posts achieve? Someone high up should contract the Mayor and the City Attorney to give them whatever assurance they could concerning their concerns. What will losing the war mean to us? How Long Should Running Shoes Last? In the interim, they have also asked if we would willing to enter into a GISB to replace working under the GTCs. Reliability and recovery issues will become more important items on the checklist as will consulting services. What else can branding help you with. We can't just fucking drive down the road playing I Spy or some shit for hours like four normal-ass Americans?
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