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Rule "punctuation + singular noun + plural verb"

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Description: punctuation + singular noun + plural verb
Message: "\4" is a singular noun. It appears that the verb form is incorrect.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • - This error need to be investigated and An Asana task have to be opened.
    Correction suggestion: needs
Correct sentences
for comparison:
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  • Talkback Live, a CNN talk show on air from 1994 to 2003
  • No way am I using it again.
  • Right now the city and, especially, the state are the biggest obstacles to improving New York City schools.
  • Capella (crater), an impact crater on the Moon A boy was beating the drum
  • The thumb indicates the x-axis, the index finger the y-axis and the middle finger the z-axis.
  • All blue whale groups make calls at a fundamental frequency between 10 and 40 Hz; the lowest frequency sound a human can typically perceive is 20 Hz.
  • And, a special thank you to those of you who attended the APX Adjustment Bid Meeting in Santa Clara on February 21
  • Effective January 1, 2002, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) runs concurrently with Enron's Sick Leave policy.
  • North American B-25 Mitchell, The Ultimate Look: from Drawing Board to Flying Arsenal.
  • Otherwise, the market turn approach used in the East (illustrated in the first example) should be utilized.
  • The interface cards used to connect a parallel ATA drive to, for example, a PCI slot are not drive controllers: they are merely bridges between the host bus and the ATA interface.
  • The corners of the 61st floor are graced with eagles; on the 31st floor, the corner ornamentation are replicas of the 1929 Chrysler radiator caps.
  • When the hell do we eat.
  • The appeals now before the justices arose from the same litigation, but this time focus on the FCC rules themselves rather than the agency's statutory authority.
  • Vince, A quick project update.
  • my dear do something
  • Peter, the bill please.
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ID: PCT_SINGULAR_NOUN_PLURAL_VERB_AGREEMENT [3]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-09 22:33:07 +0200)