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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 tools.
    Correction suggestion: These are
  • This our old friends at Pawnee gas plant fuel.
    Correction suggestion: These are
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • This no longer matters.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: THIS_MISSING_VERB [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-10-21 11:28:37 +0200)