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Rule "missing verb after 'this'"

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Description:	missing verb after 'this'
Message:	A verb may be missing.
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	This the best. Correction suggestion: This is This a new test. Correction suggestion: This is I would like to know if this a bug? Correction suggestion: this is
Correct sentences for comparison:	This no doubt will improve our credit rating, save us cash on interest payment, and give us room to borrow. This A section featured duple meter, singsong rhythms, and diatonic melodies with the sounds of oboe, English horn, and taxi horns. By his first wife the peasant had a daughter called Elsa, a good quiet girl, who only wanted to live in peace, but this her stepmother would not allow.
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ID:	THIS_MISSING_VERB [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-05-01 22:33:07 +0200)

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