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Rule "mismatched verbs and tag question operators"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: mismatched verbs and tag question operators
By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message: In a tag question, the operator (verb) must match the verb '\3'.
Category: Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It didn't look like it, was it?
    Correction suggestion: did it
  • It did not look like it, was it?
    Correction suggestion: did it
ID: TAG_QUESTIONS_2 [6]
Version: 6.7-SNAPSHOT (2025-04-19 22:33:09 +0200)