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Rule "missing verb after 'will/can/could/would'"

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Description: missing verb after 'will/can/could/would'
Message: The word '\4' is a noun or an adjective. A verb or adverb is missing or misspelled here, or maybe a comma is missing.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • This will user OpenAI.
    Correction suggestion: use, usher
  • Quicker identification of exceptions should leader to quicker resolution.
  • The FERC should authority over the Federal transmission systems
  • Operations will management the project but Commercial will count the dollars.
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • There would be three available slots should someone use a summon troop.
  • I shouldn't have to scout the team just to get some variety in a play session and neither should anyone else.
  • I ran a quick calculation and based on the yrs of service employees carried over form MG, over 75% of our North America staff would eligible for over 4 months of severance.
  • The tapes can impossible in so short Time have been tampered with.
  • @nmansilla can somebody at atlassian confirm
  • @nmansilla can somebody at atlassian confirm
  • Another analyst who has followed Enron closely says that by no stretch of imagination can development expenditure be so high.
  • In no case should employees' personal trading conflict with the Company's trading initiatives.
  • Stocks have seen some buying interest in recent weeks on hopes that lower interest rates will jumpstart sagging global economy.
  • Please read it, it may just jumpstart your day and you'll be filled with joy.
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ID: PRP_MD_NN [7]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)