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Rule "Use 'to' before the base form of a verb"

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Description: Use 'to' before the base form of a verb
Message: The verb "\2" needs to be in the to-infinitive form.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We want go to the cinema.
    Correction suggestion: want to go
  • To make the turn even tighter, you need concentrate on the strength of your core.
    Correction suggestion: need to concentrate
  • Try get in our heads.
    Correction suggestion: Try to get
  • You need talk to them about what they can/will provide.
    Correction suggestion: need to talk
  • However, before transacting, we need speak with Mark for legal approval.
    Correction suggestion: need to speak
  • I love listen to music.
    Correction suggestion: love to listen
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • We all need help from time to time.
  • I need advise about how to cope.
  • He makes the woman he loves go through hard times.
  • The things he needs depend on how much he earns.
  • He understood what love felt like.
  • How much did Hope pay in total?
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: MISSING_TO_BEFORE_A_VERB [10]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-01 22:33:07 +0200)