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Rule "SV agreement, subjects containing clauses - sing."

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Description: SV agreement, subjects containing clauses - sing.
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Message: Possible agreement error detected: the verb form '\13' does not seem to match the subject.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The device that he uses run on a different platform.
    Correction suggestion: runs, ran
  • The device that the other guy uses run on a different platform.
    Correction suggestion: runs, ran
  • The one that the director usually doesn't notice show up for rehearsal each afternoon.
    Correction suggestion: shows, showed
  • The one that I usually don't notice show up for rehearsal each afternoon.
    Correction suggestion: shows, showed
  • The route that the others typically take go through Malibu.
    Correction suggestion: goes, went
  • The route that she might not take go through Malibu.
    Correction suggestion: goes, went
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • All fuel which Duke shall provide Transwestern shall be at the Tariff fuel rate.
  • On the other hand, their claim that loot boxes do not constitute gambling is like suggesting that rain doesn't constitute water.
  • Update: Funny when you finally reach out and try to get help you review your code enough to try something different.
  • Another technique when I use Find Image is to turn the Engine off and on again.
  • If my sentences are long enough, the probability that they already exist becomes very low.
  • Nice that you make do with that works.
  • The only thing that echo itself can do is pass along a request to SmartThings to turn something on or off.
  • They can react faster than you can with your right foot to emergency braking situations and they can apply full stopping power instantly, something that even veteran drivers often do not do when it could be helpful.
  • We know that he is a director of the Houston branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, a sinecure that slouches and undervigilant execs don't get hold.
  • The idea that new businesses prosper best when separated from their corporate parents has now become conventional wisdom.
  • See: JFK assassination which they helped carry out for Elites/wealthy.
  • He did say that he wants rather official solutions because he doesnt want to trust unofficial software, a part that I surely can understand.
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ID: SV_AGREEMENT_CLAUSES_SINGULAR [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-27 22:33:07 +0200)