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

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

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.
ID:	MISSING_PAST_TENSE [1]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)