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

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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 were too old for that. Correction suggestion: is, was She were too old for that. Correction suggestion: is, was
Correct sentences for comparison:	Not sure of the status if she were to return at this point. … but if, by any evil chance, he were not, then … It is unclear if Tom and she were married. His sisters as well as he are now living in Tokio. He fled the country lest he be captured and imprisoned. … whether he be a stranger or not. If I were eighty and she were still alive.
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ID:	PERS_PRONOUN_AGREEMENT [9]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)

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