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Rule "Two modal verbs in a row (could should)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	Two modal verbs in a row (could should)
Message:	Two modal verbs in a row. Did you mean: <suggestion>\1, \2</suggestion>, <suggestion>\1</suggestion> or <suggestion>\2</suggestion>?
Category:	Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	That could should do. Correction suggestion: could, should, could, should
Correct sentences for comparison:	Will Will notice this? Will will notice this. I was one who did not conform, and whose will could not be broken. This can will be used during the test. Do you know that May will go to dancing school? MD ... but in any given moment of your life you can will only one definite thing and absolutely nothing... Lexical. ... God willed the child's death, so the Christian should will it, too. Lexical. We might can the fruit tomorrow.
ID:	TWO_CONNECTED_MODAL_VERBS [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-10-23 22:33:08 +0200)

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