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Rule "Missing verb: PRONOUN + NOUN (VERB)"

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Description: Missing verb: PRONOUN + NOUN (VERB)
Message: Did you mean to use the possessive pronoun 'its' here?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Much of it efforts have been spent on trying to persuade the U.S. to offer an alternative to Kyoto or come back to the negotiation table on the treaty.
    Correction suggestion: its
  • Engineering academic college: Any academic facility that offer at least Bachelor degree and most of it faculties are providing an Engineering degree and Engineering license.
    Correction suggestion: its
  • I envision that NewCo upon it formation will have its own compensation plan which will provide competitive base salaries.
    Correction suggestion: its
  • Baeumerich said volumes in the French power market had risen sharply in recent weeks after Electricite de France last month auctioned off access to 1,200 megawatts of it generation capacity.
    Correction suggestion: its
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • According to the United States Census Bureau the city's area includes of land and (40.83%) water, most of it part of San Francisco Bay.
  • From the sounds of it it was both?
  • The odds of it damaging anything are slim but I'd still want it out of there.
  • JAC has huge sections of it that aren't public.
  • But my reading has not prepared me for the monstrous proportions of it all.
  • There are some sections of it which we are updating.
  • This is very important when you are the systems administrator of 100's of thousands of IT systems that run critical infrastucture for your country.
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ID: PRP_VB [5]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-29 22:33:07 +0200)