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

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Agreement error: past participle without 'have'
Message: A verb ('be' or 'have') is missing before the past participle.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/verb-tenses/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It correctly done that.
    Correction suggestion: has correctly done, correctly did
  • I think it never been there.
    Correction suggestion: has never been, never was, never were
ID: PRP_PAST_PART [4]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)