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Rule "the + verb"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	the + verb
Message:	The word '\3' is a verb. Did you mean the noun <suggestion>\3</suggestion>?
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/verbs-as-nouns/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	After the accident, he needed a replace of the car's front window. Correction suggestion: replacement
Correct sentences for comparison:	I will let her replace the furniture in our flat. This isn’t the sort of problem where a replace this, replace that approach is likely to be successful. Did the other respond? Will the other respond?
ID:	PREPOSITION_VERB [79]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-23 22:33:10 +0100)

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