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Rule "We the best (missing verb)"

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Description: We the best (missing verb)
Message: A verb may be missing. Did you mean \2 is or \2 has?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It a race from Houston to Austin.
    Correction suggestion: It is, It has
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • ...d previously been known as Western Cushitic is an independent branch of Afroasiatic, suggesting for it the new name Omotic.
  • I bought a book and he a ruler.
  • We were on vacation (sailing in the Virgin Islands) the week of Thanksgiving and were pretty busy getting ready for it the week or two before that.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: PRP_THE [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-17 22:33:07 +0200)