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Rule "Agreement: 'I is / you is / ... '"

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Description: Agreement: 'I is / you is / ... '
Message: Did you mean am or will be?
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:
  • I is at the restaurant.
    Correction suggestion: am, will be
  • However, I be at the restaurant.
    Correction suggestion: am, will be
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I am at the restaurant.
  • I ate at the restaurant.
  • Can you and I be friends again?
  • He as well as I is a member of the club.
  • I rather be aware.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: PERS_PRONOUN_AGREEMENT [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-26 22:33:08 +0200)