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Rule "Missing past tense with '...last year/month/etc.'"

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Description: Missing past tense with '...last year/month/etc.'
Message: ‘last \2’ indicates a finished event of the past. Please check the predicate's tense.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I choose to go to Italy last year.
  • She leaves school last year.
  • I will not go last month.
  • I might go to India last year.
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I'll never forget shaking the President's hand last year.
  • I couldn't go to Australia last year.
  • I could not go to Paris last year.
  • I’m quitting Starbucks and this is my last week.
  • Dave, I am sending you my accomplishments for the last year.
  • Kevin, I want to apologize for not attending the meeting last week.
  • What a great performance by the rookie WR last week.
  • Here are my notes from our meeting last week.
  • I apologize for not attending those three meetings last week.
  • That is down from 8.54% last week.
  • Tom was my last roommate last year.
  • Thanks for your support last week.
  • I apologize for not getting back with you all last week.
  • The Last Month Report
  • I was a first year student last year.
  • The order that FERC issued last Wednesday regarding the western electric markets1 contains some provisions that would seem to indicate a favorable response at FERC to Kern River's open season last week.
  • Hi Vince, Thanks for taking the time off to meet with me last week.
  • Great to see you last week.
  • Good seeing you last week.
  • That's up from # 21 last week.
  • Last month, last week?
  • But first, thank you very much again for meeting last week.
  • That is down from a high of 47 early last year.
  • Oprah Winfrey, the Queen of Media, is mightier than ever, and holds the No. 3 spot, up from No. 15 last year.
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ID: MISSING_PAST_TENSE [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)