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Rule "I told her (to) break a leg"

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Description: I told her (to) break a leg
By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message: Did you mean to \3?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I told her break a leg.
    Correction suggestion: to break
  • The mother told him do his homework.
    Correction suggestion: to do
  • My boss told me word the report in a different way.
    Correction suggestion: to word
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I followed what you told me word for word.
  • Charlie leaves as she asks; but slams the door before Lewis could tell him don't.
  • She told her boss what she had in mind.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: TELL_X_TO_DO [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-01 22:33:07 +0200)