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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:
  • I not required to do that.
    Correction suggestion: am not required, have not required
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I am not required to do that.
  • His last words, "Ne frusta vixisse vidar" (May I not seemed to have lived in vain") were recorded ...
ID: PRP_PAST_PART [9]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-13 22:33:10 +0100)