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Rule "What (is) up?"

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Description:	What (is) up?
Message:	It seems that a verb is missing after "what".
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	What wrong with that? Correction suggestion: What is What going on with you? Correction suggestion: What is
Correct sentences for comparison:	Germany, which up until the 1953 Debt agreement had to work on the assumption that all the Marshall Plan aid was to be repaid, spent its funds very carefully. This will affect any SmartThings-branded Z wave devices, which right now is just the hub and the future “extend” dongle.
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	MISSING_VERB_AFTER_WHAT [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)

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