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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:
  • He needs go there.
    Correction suggestion: needs to go
  • We want try badly.
    Correction suggestion: want to try
  • Let me try explain again.
    Correction suggestion: try to explain
  • I want go back to work.
    Correction suggestion: want to go
  • I hope be here.
    Correction suggestion: hope to be
  • I tried log off and log on.
    Correction suggestion: tried to log
  • Do you still want know why I'm going?
    Correction suggestion: want to know
  • Tom and Mary said they want go back to Boston someday.
    Correction suggestion: want to go
  • Tom has already told Mary she needs be there tomorrow at 2:30.
    Correction suggestion: needs to be
  • Do you still want know where I live?
    Correction suggestion: want to know
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • It is working on the bulletin board that I need up so that I can let tenants know about what is going on.
  • I need sleep tonight.
  • The ones you love walk out slowly.
  • 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 [15]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-15 22:33:06 +0200)