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Rule "Subject-verb agreement plural"

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Description: Subject-verb agreement plural
Message: The verb form '\6' does not seem to match the subject '\4'.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The tall gentlemen gets a lot of attention.
    Correction suggestion: get, got, will get
  • The tall gentlemen gets a lot of attention and he certainly must know it.
    Correction suggestion: get, got, will get
  • These beautiful red ball gowns goes well with the color of your eyes.
    Correction suggestion: go, went, will go
  • The TV news programs helps us keep up with the world.
    Correction suggestion: help, helped, will help
  • If the second customer facilities depends on building facilities for the first customer we have an impasse, a mess.
    Correction suggestion: depend, depended, will depend
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • The recent data has caused a reversal of expectations.
  • The invasive species has multiplied and spread in all directions from there.
  • The United States officially maintains that it supports democracy and human rights through several tools Examples of these tools are as follows:
  • As of 2008, the smallest known freshwater fish is a cypriniform, Danionella translucida, reaching at the longest.
  • The trick to getting a great fare for those last minute home for the holiday flights is to travel on Thursday and return on Friday.
  • Miguel Cabrera (3,530) The record for the most Total Bases in a Single Game is 19, by Shawn Green of the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 23, 2002, playing against the Milwaukee Brewers.
  • The United Nations wants the US to cease hostilities in Afghanistan.
  • A huge thanks goes to Rep. Jim Hill who helped us get our 5 mo.
  • In the Iliad, the word ares is used as a common noun synonymous with "battle."
  • A cow chases away flies with its tail.
  • A marked copy showing revisions is also attached.
  • The Cayman Islands has a small population and therefore a limited work force.
  • As Election Day nears, a key question confronting investors is how each presidential candidate will affect the stock market.
  • The Hidden Words is another book written by Bahá'u'lláh during the same period, containing 153 short passages in which Bahá'u'lláh claims to have taken the basic essence of certain spiritual truths and written them in brief form.
  • A few minutes is all I ask.
  • BT, The attached shows deals done since April 1, 01.
  • Gentlemen, In addition to looking for ways in which Transwestern can improve mainline deliverability, another important criteria is access to markets.
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ID: SUBJECT_VERB_AGREEMENT_PLURAL [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-01 22:33:07 +0200)