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

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Agreement: 'I is / you is / ... '
Message: Use third-person verb with '\2'.
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:
  • He weren't too old for that.
    Correction suggestion: isn't, wasn't
  • She weren't too old for that.
    Correction suggestion: isn't, wasn't
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • … but if, by any evil chance, he weren´t, then …
  • It is unclear if Tom and she weren't married.
  • His sisters as well as he aren't living in Tokio anymore.
  • If she weren't so young.
ID: PERS_PRONOUN_AGREEMENT [10]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-30 22:33:07 +0100)