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Rule "'this' vs. 'these'"

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Description: 'this' vs. 'these'
Message: The plural determiner '\1' does not agree with the singular noun '\2'.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • These kind of errors are easy to fix.
    Correction suggestion: This kind, These kinds
  • These error are easy to fix.
    Correction suggestion: This error, These errors
  • How is your life in America these day?
    Correction suggestion: this day, these days
  • Thank you in advance for these information.
    Correction suggestion: this information
  • Thanks Also, who will be handling and could provide these ID for the further months.
    Correction suggestion: this ID, these IDs, these ids
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • These are errors.
  • These people are amazing.
  • What do you think about these two?
  • Those standing were all men.
  • It appears that this special character confuses the language detection because without these HTML tags the language is correctly identified.
  • I collected one of these yesterday.
  • Then investigate these Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa recipes.
  • Decorative motifs for these sandstone/mortar constructions, both cliff dwellings and...
  • Explaining the behavior of these electron "orbits" was one of the...
  • Of the venues used for these Olympics, the Kallimarmaro Stadium...
  • This forms a sharp contract with...
  • These eleven authors are right.
  • Let's discuss these tomorrow.
  • We make it a point to never support these if possible.
  • These horror, comedy and mystery B-films were released by Monogram Pictures.
  • Those illustrated are reminiscent of a circus top.
  • These food storage workers are called repletes.
  • After all these chest and abdominal operations, she looks as if she were in some kind of knife fight.
  • I collected one of these yesterday.
  • Decorative motifs for these sandstone/mortar constructions, both cliff dwellings and...
  • Explaining the behavior of these electron "orbits" was one of the...
  • Of the venues used for these Olympics, the Kallimarmaro Stadium...
  • Those all can do it.
  • Then investigate these Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa recipes.
  • These life changing moments.
  • These bonus Starpoints are in addition to the Starpoints you would normally earn as a member.
  • These anime styled works have become defined as anime-influenced animation.
  • These came for you.
  • The simplest genophores are found in viruses: these DNA or RNA molecules are short linear or circular genophores that often lack structural proteins.
  • To unsubscribe to these birthday messages, click here.
  • They actually do not recommend either of these product's SAP modules and mentioned a third party product (Autosys) that has connectors into BMC.
  • Jeff, Can you take just a couple of minutes to share with me the level of experience these MI and WI cash traders need to be.
  • With such words as these day by day, both the woman was importunate with the young man, and he refused the adultery.
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ID: THIS_NNS [4]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)