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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: Did you mean <suggestion>wasn't</suggestion>?
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 weren't at the restaurant.
    Correction suggestion: wasn't
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I wasn't at the restaurant.
  • I wish I weren't so poor.
  • … but if, by any evil chance, I weren't, then …
  • I am not at the restaurant.
  • Neither you nor I weren't mistaken.
ID: PERS_PRONOUN_AGREEMENT [6]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)