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Rule "Agreement error: Third-person verb with a non-third-person pronoun"

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Description: Agreement error: Third-person verb with a non-third-person pronoun
Message: The pronoun '\4' must be used with am.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/forms-of-to-be/#forms-of-the-verb-%E2%80%9Cto-be%E2%80%9D
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Why is I in love?
    Correction suggestion: am
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Why am I doing this?
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: NON3PRS_VERB [11]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-21 11:28:37 +0200)