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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 a second-person verb with 'you'.
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:
  • You is too old for that.
    Correction suggestion: are, were
  • Me and you is too old for that.
    Correction suggestion: are, were
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • The important thing for you is not how much you know.
  • I as well as you am to blame.
  • Wherever you live is the best place.
  • The API you provided me is fully working.
  • You Am I are an Australian alternative rock band.
  • The glass fronted building before you is the rose garden.
ID: PERS_PRONOUN_AGREEMENT [7]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)