LanguageTool Community
Imprint · Privacy Policy
<< return to list of rules

Rule "the (they)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect. Visit the LanguageTool homepage to use it online or download it for free.

Description: the (they)
Message: Did you mean \1y \2 \3?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The unsuccessfully attacked the ship in the Gulf of Taranto in early March 1944.
    Correction suggestion: They unsuccessfully attacked
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Thanks by the way dude!
  • During the rest of the decade, they would star together in Grumpier Old Men, Out to Sea, and the widely panned The Odd Couple II.
  • The well reached a total vertical depth of 14,080 feet and was drilled laterally for almost 5,000 feet.
Pattern: Show XML · Show in Rule Editor
Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: THE_THEY [6]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-27 22:33:07 +0200)