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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 "\2" must be used with a non-third-person form of a verb.
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:
  • In my dreams where I is the ruler of the universe.
    Correction suggestion: am
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • In my dreams where I am the ruler of the universe
  • My Enemies & I is an American rock band formed in Richmond, Virginia in 2010.
  • A single episode of My Husband and I has been released by Network DVD on a DVD called "Classic ITV Christmas Comedy".
  • My Conscience and I is the debut album by Remi Nicole, released in the UK on December 3, 2007 on the Universal label.
  • Heaven is my father and earth is my mother, and even such a small creature as I finds an intimate place in their midst.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: NON3PRS_VERB [13]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-03-28 22:33:07 +0100)