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Rule "He going (He is going)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: He going (He is going)
Message: An auxiliary verb seems to be missing from this progressive structure. Did you mean <suggestion>\1's \2 \3 \4</suggestion>, <suggestion>\1 is \2 \3 \4</suggestion>, or <suggestion>\1 was \2 \3 \4</suggestion>?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He only going to be there.
    Correction suggestion: He's only going, He is only going, He was only going
  • It only allowing one photo per post, sorry.
    Correction suggestion: It's only allowing, It is only allowing, It was only allowing
  • And one more thing we identified is that when we configure these instances in local it just working fine.
    Correction suggestion: it's just working, it is just working, it was just working
  • Therefore, she not going to be there.
    Correction suggestion: she's not going, she is not going, she was not going
  • I think he probably not going there.
    Correction suggestion: he's probably not going, he is probably not going, he was probably not going
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Is she still sleeping?
  • Wire it up using jumper wires.
  • What is he currently doing?
  • I’m very worried about it not running tomorrow or it just stopping and it being pricey to fix.
  • Has he amazing skills or not?
  • Regardless of me passing it or it passing me.
  • So he blamed losing the war.
  • It just needs cleaning, but it can be difficult to clean off.
  • It probably needs adjusting or replacement.
  • Why’s it so hard keeping the good places open?
  • I will talk to Will Smith in Houston IT about adding a function in Deal Blotter to choose confirm or no confirm.
  • Jenny and he actually going at this time makes a lot of sense.
  • You little fucking guy
  • You kicking me wasn't what I wanted.
  • You jumping in my face wasn't what I wanted.
  • You kicking me wasn't what I wanted.
ID: PRP_VBG [3]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-09 22:33:08 +0100)