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

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: SV agreement, subjects containing clauses - sing.
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Message: Possible agreement error detected: the verb form '\22' does not seem to match the subject.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The code that throws the error for this part seem to actually test for both UrlReadingCondition as well as Condition, but the error message is always the same.
    Correction suggestion: seems, seemed
  • Any reason that calling this built-in method for the class always give debug messages?
    Correction suggestion: gives, gave
  • The drunk driver who ran the light across the street fatally injure the pedestrian in the crosswalk.
    Correction suggestion: injures, injured
  • The tall woman that I met yesterday at the market manage the department.
    Correction suggestion: manages, managed
  • The tall woman that I actually met yesterday at the market manage the department.
    Correction suggestion: manages, managed
  • The tall woman that I didn't meet yesterday at the market manage the department.
    Correction suggestion: manages, managed
  • The magician who performed magic tricks at my previous birthdays ask my mom out on a date.
    Correction suggestion: asks, asked
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • The reason that I created two alert conditions is because NRQL based alert conditions don't accept multiple attributes.
  • The fact that AUI exposes some prefixed class names that have special behaviour makes me wonder about what's going on under the hood… but I haven't looked close enough.
ID: SV_AGREEMENT_CLAUSES_SINGULAR [4]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-21 22:33:10 +0100)