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

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	Agreement error: Third-person verb with a non-third-person pronoun
Message:	The pronoun '\1' must be used with a non-third-person form of a verb.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	You works here. Correction suggestion: work I hope you is happy. Correction suggestion: are You is a good engineer. Correction suggestion: are Either Mary or you is to go. Correction suggestion: are As soon as you hears the grinding you should have notified the mechanic. Correction suggestion: hear If you or someone you knows has experience helping to run an office in a fast paced environment and has an interest in the financial world … Correction suggestion: know
Correct sentences for comparison:	You make a lot of mistakes. One of you thinks that this is possible. Be sure the man nearest you is awake. You guys remember that. How many times do I have to tell you he isn't here? What I have told you is true. ... and I shall send you further details. Meeting you here is an unexpected pleasure. Scatter, you chickens! To see you is always a great pleasure. What he told you wasn't true. ... and how much we pay you depends on your skill. "How many she gave you interests us very much," said the policeman. The girl about whom I told you lives here. The projects about which she tells you are confidential. Next to seeing you is the pleasure of seeing your handwriting. The API I provided you is only useful for capturing. The API I will provide you is great. He sent you messages asking for help. I'm giving you a heads up. I'm asking you questions. Missing you is something I hate. The manager sent you messages asking for help. Loving you makes me happy. He as well as you is in the wrong. He as well as you likes baseball. A special thank you goes out to Dan Flynn for the invitation. What Tom told you isn't true. There's a good chance what Tom told you isn't true. The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an antist. Just because Tom provoked you doesn't give you a right to attack him. You kids must be hungry. Different error: You comments are welcome. What you smell now is the scent of nightmares. You aren't kids anymore. Please call if you have further questions. All I can tell you that will help you is that it's a subfolder of the path I gave you. All I can tell you is that you sound patriotic. The one thing he will not grant you is permission to leave the palace. I made you guys something. How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. You peeps spend real money on this? Everyone here but you has done that. Aren't you friends with Tom? Everything I've told you is true. Are you still friends with them? So what I told you still stands. I sent you messages from both the boys. Every word which I tell you is the naked truth. I ask you is the Taliban more responsible than we think. Seeing you always makes me think about my father. You cats live it up for me. Everything I just told you is true. Where a driver will take you is probably his choice The guy who hit you is at the front door. The umbrella that I lent you belongs to Tom. The pricing offered you represents the discounting structure available to executives leaving Enron for furniture purchases. A women who doesn't criticize you anymore is a women who doesn't love you anymore. The greatest gift that someone can give you is their love and their time. However, I think what may help you is a generic form that we use in Iowa. If they tell you nothing is wrong, at least you have a record of contacting them. Something that might help you is just accepting the symptoms you have and working on them individually. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you. ... so I think what I'll tell you applies to a lot of people.
ID:	NON3PRS_VERB [4]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-26 22:33:08 +0100)