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Rule "Agreement error: past participle without 'have'"

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Description: Agreement error: past participle without 'have'
Message: Did you mean \3?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/verb-tenses/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • You used to been stupid.
    Correction suggestion: be
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • They need to do this.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: PRP_PAST_PART [14]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-18 22:33:07 +0200)