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Rule "Plural verb after 'this' or 'that'"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	Plural verb after 'this' or 'that'
Message:	The verb '\3' is plural. Did you mean <suggestion>these \2 \3</suggestion>, <suggestion>\1 \2 is</suggestion> or <suggestion>\1 \2 was</suggestion>?
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	This are the options. Correction suggestion: These are, This is, This was This two are the options. Correction suggestion: These two are, This two is, This two was I wish all this were a little simpler to set up! Correction suggestion: these were, this is, this was This are my notes. Correction suggestion: These are, This is, This was This were the days… Correction suggestion: These were, This is, This was
Correct sentences for comparison:	Would be great if this were true. The last 2 times I’ve had to do this were successful, so here’s how I did it. Again, people who did this were people who found that the more general solutions. Is this were Carl comes into it?
ID:	PLURAL_VERB_AFTER_THIS [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-29 22:33:07 +0100)

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